{"id":36023,"date":"2022-07-29T08:38:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T07:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/?p=36023"},"modified":"2022-07-29T08:38:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T07:38:29","slug":"research-the-depressing-truth-about-depression-scales-for-people-with-chronic-invisible-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wames.org.uk\/cms-english\/research-the-depressing-truth-about-depression-scales-for-people-with-chronic-invisible-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"Research: The depressing truth about depression scales for people with chronic invisible illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

The depressing truth about depression scales for people with chronic invisible illness<\/a>, by CL Pederson, BM Wagner<\/h2>\n

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Research conclusions:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

People with chronic invisible illnesses like POTS, CFS\/ME, EDS, MCAS, and fibromyalgia have numerous and often severe somatic symptoms related to their illness that may over-inflate their depression scores on many common screening instruments. This leads to the possible over-diagnosis of depression in this community, further hindering individuals with chronic invisible illness when seeking treatment.<\/p>\n

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Research abstract<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

Depression screening instruments are commonly used in research and the clinic.<\/p>\n

Aim: <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"This study seeks to determine whether several common depression scales might be contaminated by somatic symptoms, thus overestimating depression in people with chronic invisible illness.<\/p>\n

Method:<\/strong><\/p>\n

685 chronically ill women with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome\/myalgic encephalomyelitis, mast cell activation syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and\/or fibromyalgia took the Beck Depression Inventory-II<\/a> (BDI-II). For a broader look at major self-report scales that assess depression in adults, we also investigated seven additional instruments listed on the American Psychological Association webpage.<\/p>\n

Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In this sample, 38.5% appeared to have major depression as measured by the BDI-II, but this number decreased to 8% when somatic symptoms were removed. Further, there was a 31.2% increase in the number of participants in the minimal depression category of the BDI-II-Mood.<\/p>\n

Finally, 75% of the adult depression scales that we assessed had at least 40% of the score related to somatic symptoms.<\/p>\n

Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Care must be taken when assessing depression in people with chronic invisible illnesses to prevent artificial over-inflation of scores based on somatic complaints.<\/p>\n

Study location:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Journal of Health Science & Education<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Vol 6, #1, p 223, July 11, 2022<\/p>\n

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