The brief symptom inventory bsi is a 53 itemselfreport instrument. The reliability and validity of the brief symptom inventory18 in persons with traumatic brain injury. The bsi is a 53item selfreport scale, measuring nine dimensions that can be. Psychometric analysis of the brief symptom inventory 18 bsi18 in. The brief symptom inventory is a short alternative to the symptom checklistscl90r. Bsi or brief symptom inventory is an instrument that evaluates psychological distress and psychiatric disorders in people. Widely used instruments in the series are the brief symptom inventory bsi, 53 items. The brief symptom inventory bsi is a 53 item, free standing, selfreporting survey measuring nine symptom dimensions and three global indices of distress. Brief symptom inventory 18 bsi 18 pearson clinical. The brief symptom inventory bsi consists of 53 items covering nine symptom dimensions. The most recent bsi manual derogatis 1993 provides normative.
Clinical interpretation overall, the respondents bsi symptom profile is not of a nature or magnitude to be considered in the clinical. Somatization, obsessioncompulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid. Psychometric properties of the brief symptoms inventory18. Please read each one carefully and enter the number that best describes how much you were bothered by that problem during the past week.
This and previous pages of this report contain trade secrets and are not. Derogatis, 1993 and the symptom checklist90 revised scl90r. The brief symptom inventory bsi was chosen because of. Survey description the brief symptom inventory bsi is a 53item, free standing, selfreporting survey measuring nine symptom dimensions and three global indices of distress.
The test can be used for areas such as patient progress, treatment measurements, and psychological assessment. The bsi was developed from its longer parent instrument, the scl90r, and psychometric evaluation reveals it to be an acceptable short alternative to the complete scale. Scores are obtained for nine primary symptom dimensions and three global indices of distress. The brief symptom inventory bsi correctional service canada. The bsi is a 53item questionnaire covering nine symptom dimensions of depression. From february 2008 to april 2009 over 1,300 male offenders incarcerated on a new sentence at the regional reception centres completed the measures. The bsi53 is a shorter, multidimensional version of the symptomchecklist 90r scl 90r questionnaire used to detect the presence of psychopathological symptoms. Research article the brief symptom inventory and the. The symptom items are rated on a fivepoint scale to indicate the degree of distress within the last week. According to the manual, a clinically significant score can be reached in two. The brief symptom inventory with 53 items was developed by derogatis using a factor analysis and maintaining the scale structure with the reduced item number of the scl90r somatization, obsessivecompulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, angerhostility, phobic. The authors examined the properties and accuracy of the brief symptom inventory the 53.
The brief symptom inventory with 53 items was developed by derogatis using a factor analysis and maintaining the scale structure with the reduced item number of the scl90r somatization, obsessivecompulsive, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, angerhostility, phobic anxiety paranoid ideation and psychoticism. The brief symptom inventory bsi the brief symptom inventory bsi is a 53 item screener for mental health problems. Conceptual organization the brief symptom inventory bsi consists of 53 items covering nine symptom. The bsi is a 53item selfadministered scale developed from the scl90r. The brief symptom inventory 18 bsi 18 is designed with reliability in mind. Use bsi to help assess patients and objectively support care management decisions. The journal of psychological medicine, 595605 lamb, r.
Somatization, obsessioncompulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation and psychoticism. Selfreport questionnaires are economical instruments for routine outcome assessment. Quickly measure psychological symptoms with the brief symptom inventory from pearson. Derogatis, 1993 is a 53 item selfreport symptom inventory designed for use with psychiatric and medical patients. The efficient brief symptom inventory instrument provides patientreported data to support clinical decisionmaking at intake and during the course of treatment in multiple settings. The bsi is a 53 item questionnaire covering nine symptom dimensions of depression. Brief symptom inventory an overview sciencedirect topics. Pdf british outpatient norms on the brief symptom inventory. The brief symptom inventory and the outcome questionnaire. In this study, the performance of the german version of the outcome questionnaire45 oq45 and the brief symptom inventory bsi was evaluated when applied in analysis of the outcome quality of psychiatric and psychotherapeutic interventions. The brief symptom inventory bsi is the shortened version of the symptoms checklist90. Psychometric properties of the brief symptom inventory in a sample of recovered iranian depressed patients. The bpi allows patients to rate the severity of their pain and the degree to which their pain interferes with.
The bsi is a 53 item selfreport scale, measuring nine dimensions that can be. The bsi derrogatis, 1993 is a 53 item self report symptom inventory that assesses. Assessment tools for measuring outcomes in psychosis. The brief symptom inventory with 53 items was developed by derogatis. Copyrighted forms and the bsi manual derogatis, 1993 are available from the. Somatization, obsessioncompulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility. Global severity index, positive symptom distress index, and positive symptom total. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 895, 958965. Brief symptom inventory bsi bsi or brief symptom inventory is an instrument that evaluates psychological distress and psychiatric disorders in people.
British outpatient norms for the brief symptom inventory. Citations 0 references 0 researchgate has not been able to resolve any citations for this publication. To identify selfreported clinically relevant psychological symptoms in adolescents and adults. The brief symptom inventory bsi is a multidimensional symptom inventory designed to reflect psychological symptom patterns of psychiatric and medical patients. Pdf adult israeli community norms for the brief symptom. Assessment tools for measuring outcomes in psychosis psychotic symptoms symptom severity 1 revised behavior and symptom identification scale basisr. The study aim is to establish israeli norms for the brief symptom inventory bsi. This 53 item selfreport is the short form of the scl90r instrument.
Melanie merola odonnell 1 the brief symptom inventory. The 53 items assess nine primary symptom dimensions. Pdf psychometric characteristics of the czech version of. Raw score to tscore conversion table for the bsi depression symptom scale to promis depression bsi raw score promis tscore sd 0 38. Brief symptom inventory 18 bsi 18 pearson assessment. Brief symptom inventory fast track project technical report. The bsi 18 assessment gathers patientreported data to help measure psychological distress and psychiatric disorders in medical and community populations.
The efficient brief symptom inventory bsi instrument provides patientreported data to help support clinical. Symptom checklist 90r below is a list of problems and complaints that people sometimes have. All cancers 2 ccss data from dec2010 and march 2015 data freeze based on items in j. The brief symptom inventory bsi consists of 53 items covering nine symptom. The brief symptom inventory bsi the brief symptom inventory derogatis, 1975 is a 53 item selfreport symptom inventory designed to assess the psychological symptom status of psychiatric and medical patients, as well as individuals who are not patients. Bsi 18 brief symptom inventory 18 pearson assessments. There are nine symptom scales, one of which is the 6item depression scale, and three composite global indices. The bsi is a 53 item selfreport scale designed to evaluate psychopathological and psychological symptoms, measuring nine dimensions namely, somatization, obsessioncompulsion, interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, hostility, phobic anxiety, paranoid ideation, and psychoticism that can be summed up to. The efficient brief symptom inventory bsi instrument provides patientreported data to help support clinical decisionmaking at intake and during the course of treatment in multiple settings. Key method conceptual organization the brief symptom inventory bsi consists of 53 items covering nine symptom dimensions.
Brief symptom inventory interpretive report leonard r. Psychometric analysis of the brief symptom inventory 18. It is a short alternative to the complete symptom checklist90revised scl90r. Full text psychometric properties of the brief symptom. The bsi18 is the latest, most concise test in an integrated series of instruments designed by derogatis to measure psychological distress. Outpatient 47 inpatient end of report 45 70 oc is dep anx hos phob par psy gsi psdi pst 4759 53 41 70 56 46 55 52 46 37 48 38 42 0.
Moffitt cancer center and university of south florida the fatigue symptom inventory fsi, is a 14item selfreport measure designed to assess the. Derogatis, 1991 is a 53 item selfreport version of the symptom checklist90 derogatis, 1977. Brief symptom inventory bsi pearson canada assessment. Information about the fatigue symptom inventory fsi and the multidimensional fatigue symptom inventory mfsi prepared by kevin d. Screening for emotional disorders in patients with cancer.