TY - JOUR
T1 - Complications associated with surveying medical student depression
T2 - The importance of anonymity
AU - Levine, Ruth E.
AU - Breitkopf, Carmen Radecki
AU - Sierles, Frederick S.
AU - Camp, Gwendie
PY - 2003/3
Y1 - 2003/3
N2 - Objective: To evaluate students' attitudes and concerns regarding potential repercussions of completing the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Methods: A survey based on focus group data was developed and distributed. Results: One hundred and ninety-one of 400 surveys (48%) were returned. Of 160 students who remembered completing the BDI, 31 (19%) admitted to concerns about the research, and nearly 10% admitted to recording dishonest answers. Conclusions: These findings emphasize the importance of conducting anonymous assessments of medical students, particularly when assessing sensitive psychological states.
AB - Objective: To evaluate students' attitudes and concerns regarding potential repercussions of completing the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Methods: A survey based on focus group data was developed and distributed. Results: One hundred and ninety-one of 400 surveys (48%) were returned. Of 160 students who remembered completing the BDI, 31 (19%) admitted to concerns about the research, and nearly 10% admitted to recording dishonest answers. Conclusions: These findings emphasize the importance of conducting anonymous assessments of medical students, particularly when assessing sensitive psychological states.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ap.27.1.12
DO - 10.1176/appi.ap.27.1.12
M3 - Article
C2 - 12824115
AN - SCOPUS:0037371182
SN - 1042-9670
VL - 27
SP - 12
EP - 18
JO - Academic Psychiatry
JF - Academic Psychiatry
IS - 1
ER -