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Questionnaire de Dépression de Beck: Etude psychométrique auprès d'une population âgée francophone*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Jean Vézina ,
Philippe Landreville ,
Paul Bourque  and
Louis Blanchard
Jean Vézina
Affiliation:
Université Laval
Philippe Landreville
Affiliation:
Université Laval
Paul Bourque
Affiliation:
Université de Moncton
Louis Blanchard
Affiliation:
Université de Moncton
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Abstract

Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory are questionable for elderly francophones. Consequently, the aim of this study is to assess the reliability and the validity of the French version of the BDI (Questionnaire de Dépression de Beck: Bourque & Beaudette, 1982) for this group. Six hundred and forty-three French-speaking elders from Quebec and New-Brunswick answered the BDI. The reliability coefficients showed satisfactory internal consistency (.85), split-half reliability (.76) and test-retest correlation (.74). A principal-components analysis yielded three factors (somatic complaints, negative view of the self, and helplessness) accounting for 46.9 per cent of the total variance. The choice of an optimal cut-off score and the use of the BDI with the elderly are also discussed in this study.

Résumé

Le Questionnaire de Dépression de Beck (QDB) fait l'objet d'une utilisation courante en recherche et en milieu clinique. Toutefois, ses qualités psychométriques auprès des personnes âgées francophones n'ont pas encore été démontrées. Cette étude présente les résultats des différentes mesures de fidélité et de validité obtenus auprès de 643 personnes âgées originaires du Québec et du Nouveau-Brunswick. Les qualités psychométriques sont satisfaisantes et se comparent avantageusement à celles déjà obtenues chez des personnes âgées américaines. La décision d'utiliser un résultat de division plus bas ou plus élevé est discutée. L'étude aborde également la question de l'utilité du QDB comme mesure d'auto évaluation des sentiments dépressifs auprès de cette population.

Keywords

Personnes âgéesfidélitévaliditédépressionQDB.ElderlyReliabilityValidityDepressionBDI.
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Articles
Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , Spring/printemps 1991 , pp. 29 - 39
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1991

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