Citation

O'Connor SS, Beebe TJ, Lineberry TW, Jobes DA, Conrad AK. Compr. Psychiatry 2012; 53(1): 48-53.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 91804, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.02.006

PMID

21489424

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aims of this study were to test the psychometric properties of the Kessler 10 (K10) in a clinical setting and to investigate the utility of the K10 as a means for identifying suicidality. METHODS: One hundred forty-nine inpatients at an inpatient psychiatric hospital completed a battery of assessments during their inpatient hospital stay. Factor analysis provided information suggesting multiple factor loadings present within the K10. A series of t tests examined differences of group means between suicidal participants and a control group, whereas multiple regression models examined the correlation between the K10 and several suicide-specific assessments. MAIN RESULTS: The K10 seems to be composed of 2 primary factors (depression and anxiety) and differentiated suicidal and nonsuicidal inpatients and was associated with several measures related to suicidality. CONCLUSIONS: The observed results indicate that the K10 may be an effective screener to measure occult suicidality in a clinical setting.

Language: en