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12908646

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
This study explored the relationship of literacy level to comprehension of response alternatives from the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Twenty-nine adult basic education students, 14 senior citizens, and 20 oncology patients were given a brief literacy assessment and a comprehension test of selected BDI response alternatives. Three raters with clinical experience assessed comprehension. Lower literacy was significantly associated with less comprehension, even when other factors were controlled, yet comprehension problems were still found among higher literacy groups. The percent of participants who correctly paraphrased the selected BDI response alternatives ranged from 0 to 60%. These preliminary results suggest that poor comprehension of mental health measures is not only prevalent, but also cannot be estimated from patients' education or assessed reading levels.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0010-3853
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Literacy and comprehension of Beck Depression Inventory response alternatives.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. tetines@yahoo.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article