TY - JOUR T1 - Validity of Self-rating Screening Scales for the Diagnosis of Depression and Anxiety in Adult Patients With Bronchiectasis JO - Archivos de Bronconeumología T2 - AU - Colomo,Natalia AU - Olveira,Casilda AU - Hernández-Pedrosa,Javier AU - Bergero,Trinidad AU - Fábrega-Ruz,Julia AU - Porras,Nuria AU - Girón,María Victoria AU - de Rota,Luis Fernández AU - Olveira,Gabriel SN - 15792129 M3 - 10.1016/j.arbr.2020.01.012 DO - 10.1016/j.arbr.2020.01.012 UR - https://www.archbronconeumol.org/en-validity-self-rating-screening-scales-for-articulo-S1579212921000458 AB - BackgroundThere are no previous studies aimed at assessing the validity of the screening scales for depression and anxiety in adult patients with bronchiectasis. AimsTo analyze the psychometric properties of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and Hamilton Anxiety Scale and to evaluate the concordance for the diagnosis of depression and anxiety between these screening scales and the structured clinical interview in adult patients with bronchiectasis. MethodCross sectional study. 52 patients with bronchiectasis completed HADS, BDI and Hamilton Anxiety Scale; afterwards, were individually interviewed by a mental health care professional using the structured Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), which evaluates for depression and anxiety according to DSM-IV criteria. ResultsBased on MINI, 18 subjects (34.6%) had a diagnosis of depression and 25 (48.1%) had anxiety. Optimal cut-off values to detect depression were ≥9 for the HADS-D (sensitivity 0.833, specificity 0.971, AUC 0.962 [95% CI 0.918–1]), and 17 for BDI (sensitivity 0.889, specificity 0.912, AUC 0.978 [95% CI 0.945–1]). Optimal cut-off values to detect anxiety were ≥4 for the HADS-A (sensitivity 0.960, specificity 0.593, AUC 0.833 [95% CI 0.723–0.943]), and 17 for Hamilton Anxiety Scale (sensitivity 0.800, specificity 0.852, AUC 0.876 [95% CI 0.781–0.970]). ConclusionThe self-rating screening scales HADS, BDI and Hamilton Anxiety Scale are reliable tools to screen for depression and anxiety in adult patients with bronchiectasis. However, the use of specific cut-off values may improve the diagnostic accuracy of the previous scales in this specific group of patients. ER -