VALIDATION OF A DEPRESSION SCREENING MEASURE FOR STROKE INPATIENTS

The Stroke Inpatient Depression Inventory (SIDI) was developed and tes ted on 50 stroke inpatients on a rehabilitation unit. The format and c ontent of the SIDI questions were intended to improve on the limited v alidity of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CE S-D) and other measures of depression with stroke inpatients. The vali dity of the SIDI was supported by higher correlations with a psychiatr ist's rating of depression level (r = 0.70), SADS-C score (r = 0.68), and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression score (r = 0.78) compared wit h the CES-D. Also, the SIDI was more accurate than the CES-D in correc t classification of patients with regard to diagnosis of depression (8 6% vs. 76% correct).