Confirmatory evaluation of the bipolar depression rating scale (BDRS) in a large sample of female patients with bipolar depression

CONCLUSIONS: The BDRS demonstrated psychometric validity in assessing depressive and mixed symptoms in Iranian women with BD in a depressive or mixed/manic phase.KEY POINTSThe Bipolar Depression Rating Scale (BDRS) was validated in Iranian women with BD.The BDRS showed a three-factor structure, similar to the original validation.The BDRS had good reliability based on Omega and test-retest coefficients.The findings provided evidence for the convergent and discriminant validity of the BDRS.PMID:33825607 | DOI:10.1080/13651501.2021.1904997
Source: International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research