A Bilingual Computerized Voice-Interactive System for Screening Depression Symptoms

Abstract

The Voice-Interactive Depression Assessment Sys-tem-III (VIDAS-III) is a bilingual computerized speech recognition application for screening depression. In this study, 128 English- and 128 Spanish-speakers completed a demographic interview, an acculturation scale, the BDI-II, the CIDI-Short Form, and VIDAS-III. The results suggested that VIDAS-III subscales (CES-D and DSM-IV criteria) demonstrated high inter-item reliability (.81 to .92), strong concurrent validity (.58 to .67), sensitivity (.72 to 1.0), and specificity (.40 to .72). Both language groups positively rated VIDAS-III. Male and female participants most often selected a digitized female voice to present VIDAS-III. The findings suggest that speech computerized interviewing can accurately detect depressive symptoms in English and Spanish.

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