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Brief Symptom Inventory

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Brief Symptom Inventory,
n.pr a short (53-question) test used to assess the patterns of symptoms in those undergoing psychiatric or medical treatment. Useful for initial patient evaluation, clinical situations of patient debilitation, outpatient clinics, and in measuring the progress of treatment.


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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.
 
 
 
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