Capturing the Severity and Impairment Associated With Depression: The Overall Depression Severity and Impairment Scale (ODSIS) Validation in a Spanish Clinical Sample

Conclusion: The results obtained in this study show that the Spanish version of the ODSIS delivered online is an adequate tool to assess the depression-related severity and impairment in a brief and easy fashion. Introduction Among the emotional disorders, the most prevalent lifetime syndrome is a major depressive episode (1, 2). It is among the most common reasons for consulting a general practitioner (3–5). This happens not only in adult's population, but also among young people the major depressive disorder (MDD) is considered one of the leading causes of disability (6–9). In Spain, depression is the most pervasive mental disorder, with a 12-month prevalence estimated at 3.9%, and a lifetime prevalence estimated at 10.5% (6). To the epidemiological magnitude of this disease, it is important to add its special tendency toward chronicity (7) and its high rate of comorbidity (10), especially with anxiety disorders (11). Moreover, research has shown that depression is associated with significant functional impairment, with poorer quality of life, disability, and important costs (personal, social, and economic) (2, 10, 12). Furthermore, regarding the functioning domains, depressive symptoms have stronger associations with role limitations due to vitality, mental health, physical and emotional, and social functioning problems than anxiety symptoms (2). In view of these data, there is a need to develop screening strategies for the emotional and beh...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research