Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:226-228
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
Depression in Chinese medical inpatients
LL Yang, CY Zuo, LY Su and MT Eaton
The authors studied depressive symptoms among 251 Chinese medical
inpatients through the use of the Beck Depression Inventory. Assessment of
100 healthy Chinese volunteers validated the use of American score norms
for Chinese subjects. A total of 47.8% of the 251 medical inpatients (N =
120) met the Beck scale criterion for depression. Beck scale scores varied
with the occupation of patients and the severity of medical illness but did
not vary with sex, age, marital status, duration of hospitalization, or
medical diagnosis.
