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Brief Symptom Inventory
Brief Symptom Inventory
- Claudia Alioto
Owned by Claudia Alioto
Reference
Derogatis, L., & Melisarators, N. (1983). The Brief Symptom Inventory: an introductory report. Psychological Medicine, 13(3), 595-605. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291700048017
List of questions
| Question number | Question | Original 53-item version | 5-item version |
| 1 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Nervousness or shakiness inside | ✓ | |
| 2 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Faintness or dizziness | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: The idea that someone else can control your thoughts | ✓ | |
| 4 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling others are to blame for most of your troubles | ✓ | |
| 5 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Trouble remembering things | ✓ | |
| 6 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling easily annoyed or irritated | ✓ | |
| 7 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Pains in the heart or chest | ✓ | ✓ |
| 8 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling afraid in open spaces | ✓ | |
| 9 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Thoughts of ending your life | ✓ | |
| 10 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling that most people cannot be trusted | ✓ | |
| 11 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Poor appetite | ✓ | |
| 12 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Suddenly scared for no reason | ✓ | |
| 13 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Temper outbursts that you could not control | ✓ | |
| 14 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling lonely even when you are with people | ✓ | |
| 15 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling blocked in getting things done | ✓ | |
| 16 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling lonely | ✓ | |
| 17 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling blue | ✓ | |
| 18 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling no interested in things | ✓ | |
| 19 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling fearful | ✓ | |
| 20 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Your feeling being easily hurt | ✓ | |
| 21 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling that people are unfriendly or dislike you | ✓ | |
| 22 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling inferior to others | ✓ | |
| 23 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Nausea or upset stomach | ✓ | ✓ |
| 24 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling that you are watched or talked about by others | ✓ | |
| 25 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Trouble falling asleep | ✓ | |
| 26 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Having to check and double check what you do | ✓ | |
| 27 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Difficulty making decisions | ✓ | |
| 28 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling afraid to travel on buses, subways, or trains | ✓ | |
| 29 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Trouble getting your breath | ✓ | ✓ |
| 30 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Hot or cold spells | ✓ | ✓ |
| 31 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Having to avoid certain things, places, or activities because they frighten you | ✓ | |
| 32 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Your mind going blank | ✓ | |
| 33 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Numbness or tingling in parts of your body | ✓ | |
| 34 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: The idea that you should be punished for your sins | ✓ | |
| 35 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling hopeless about the future | ✓ | |
| 36 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Trouble concentrating | ✓ | |
| 37 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling weak in part of your body | ✓ | |
| 38 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling tense or keyed up | ✓ | |
| 39 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Thoughts of death or dying | ✓ | |
| 40 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Having urges to beat, injure, or harm someone | ✓ | |
| 41 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Having urges to break or smash things | ✓ | |
| 42 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling very self-conscious with others | ✓ | |
| 43 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling uneasy in crowds | ✓ | |
| 44 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Never feeling close to another person | ✓ | |
| 45 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Spells of terror or panic | ✓ | |
| 46 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Getting into frequent arguments | ✓ | |
| 47 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling nervous when you are left alone | ✓ | |
| 48 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Others not giving you proper credit for your achievements | ✓ | |
| 49 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling so restless you couldn't sit still | ✓ | |
| 50 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feelings of worthlessness | ✓ | |
| 51 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling that people will take advantage of you if you let them | ✓ | |
| 52 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: Feeling of guilt | ✓ | |
| 53 | During the past 7 days, how much were you distressed by: The idea that something is wrong with your mind | ✓ |
Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets
| Version | Study | Year | Questionnaire | Dataset |
| 5-item version | HEAF | 2013-2014 | HEAF Baseline | HEAF Baseline Dataset |
| 5-item version | HEAF | 2014-2015 | HEAF Follow-up 1 | HEAF Follow-up 1 Dataset |
| 5-item version | HEAF | 2015-2016 | HEAF Follow-up 2 | HEAF Follow-up 2 Dataset |