Secondary outcome measures
depressive, ’ depressive, anxiety
The BDI II is a questionnaire that was designed to measure the severity of individuals’ depressive symptoms. It contains 21 items that explore the typical symptoms of a major depressive episode. Each item presents 4 alternatives, ranging from 0 (not at all) to 3 (severe, almost intolerable), on a Likert-type scale. It was validated and adapted to the Argentine population, with an appropriate internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.88.)It is a scale proposed to measure the severity of anxiety symptoms. It is composed of 21 items and each of these items scores from 0 (not at all) to 4 (I could hardly bear it) on a Likert scale. It has been validated in the Argentine population and shows a good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha coefficient of 0.93).