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Brazilian version of the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E)

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 19; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.yebeh.2010.07.013

1525-5069

Guilherme Nogueira Mendes de Oliveira, Arthur Kümmer, João Vinícius Salgado, Eduardo Jardel Portela, Sílvio Roberto Sousa-Pereira, Anthony S. David, Andrés M. Kanner, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira,

Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

ObjectiveThe purpose of this research was to evaluate the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Neurological Disorders Depression Inventory for Epilepsy (NDDI-E) and to assess its psychometric properties.MethodsThis study involved 98 outpatients who underwent psychopathological evaluation with the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview—Plus Version, Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D), and a Portuguese version of the NDDI-E.ResultsThe NDDI-E was easily understood and quickly administered to most of the patients. At a cutoff score >15, NDDI-E had a sensitivity of 81.5%, a specificity of 83.1%, and a negative predictive value of 92.2% for diagnosis of major depression. Internal consistency reliability of the NDDI-E was 0.79, and there was also a positive correlation between the NDDI-E and the HAM-D (P<0.001).ConclusionThe Brazilian-Portuguese version of NDDI-E can be used as a practical screening tool to improve recognition of depression in Brazilian people with epilepsy.