Frontiers in Psychiatry (May 2024)

The validity and reliability of the Chinese version of the biological rhythms interview of assessment in neuropsychiatry in the community: a large Chinese college student population

  • Hebin Huang,
  • Xinhe Tian,
  • Bess Yin-Hung Lam,
  • Weicong Lu,
  • Xiaoyue Li,
  • Shuixiu He,
  • Xingjian Xu,
  • Ruoxi Zhang,
  • Runhua Wang,
  • Danpin Li,
  • Yanling Gao,
  • Ningning Chen,
  • Shiyun Wu,
  • Guiyun Xu,
  • Kangguang Lin,
  • Kangguang Lin,
  • Kangguang Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1344850
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15

Abstract

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ObjectiveTo test the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the biological rhythms interview of assessment in neuropsychiatry (C-BRIAN) in a group of young adults with and without depressive symptoms.MethodsThree hundred and seventy-eight university students were recruited as participants. Based on the scores from Center for Epidemiological Survey Depression Scale (CES-D), students were divided into the depressed group and healthy group. Explorative factor analysis was applied to assess the construct validity of the C-BRIAN. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and CES-D were compared with the C-BRIAN to test the convergent validity. The internal consistency of the C-BRIAN was also examined.ResultsThree factors were extracted (activities, eating patterns, and sleep factors) explaining 63.9% of the total variance. The internal consistencies were very good with a coefficient of 0.94 (overall) and 0.89–0.91 for three factors. The domains of activities, eating patterns, and sleep were moderately correlated with PSQI (r=0.579) and CES-D (r=0.559) (ps<0.01).ConclusionOur findings suggest that C-BRIAN has good validity and reliability which can be used to assess the biological rhythm in the young adult population with depressive symptoms. C-BRIAN would be a reliable tool to detect depressive symptoms for timely prevention and intervention in the community.

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