Psychiatric Symptoms Three subscales from the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) were used to assess psychiatric symptoms: depression (six items), paranoid ideation (five items), and psychoticism (five items) [28].
Enrolled patients returned for the first study visit [clinical visit 0 (CV0)] and, after signing informed consent, had baseline study measures recorded (Table 1), including asthma symptoms, caregiver report of treatment plan, school asthma management, family responsibility for asthma, and caretaker brief symptom inventory.
The Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)-a composite index of 53 items, each of which is measured on a five-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (not at all) to 4 (extremely)-was used as a measure of mental health; an increased BSI score signifies greater emotional distress.
In existing outcome research on patients with eating disorders, the most commonly used measures of global functioning are the Symptom Checklist 90-R (SCL-90-R; Derogatis, 1994), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI; Derogatis & Spencer, 1982), and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI; Hathaway & McKinley, 1948).
To measure psychological distress, we selected two divergent instruments: the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI; Derogatis, 1993), which measures the global level of psychological distress as well as level of distress on specific areas of psychopathology such as anxiety depression and interpersonal sensitivity.
Evaluation Instruments The following instruments were administered to all subjects: the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI); the Restrictiveness of Living Arrangements scale; the Attitudes Toward Persons with Disability (ATDP); the Independent Living Program Questionnaire (ILPQ); and the Program Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ).
Compared with the current clinical characteristics of Native American veterans with no lifetime history of substance abuse disorder, those with substance abuse disorder in remission manifest 10% more distress on the Brief Symptom Inventory and 20% more distress on the Posttraumatic Symptom Checklist; two- to threefold higher rates of internalizing disorders; a threefold higher rate of pathological gambling, and two- to threefold higher rates of mental health treatment.
