Burns Depression Scale Today (BDST): A validation study of BDST against the reference standard of PHQ-9
Carolyn Matthew,
Nina Dahle,
Rachel Roskvist
et al.
Abstract:Background:
Case finding for low mood is essential in primary care, but it is time-consuming using current depression inventories. The Burns Depression Scale Today (BDST) is a short, simple inventory which assesses mood for today, and we aimed to validate it in this study.
Materials and Methods:
Consecutive patients with emotional distress seen in a single primary care clinic by one of the authors over 22 months were eligible for this retrospective audi… Show more
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