Making clinicians lives easier: Guidance on use of the QIDS self-report in place of the MADRS

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 95, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 115-118

  Carmody, Thomas J ^a   Rush, A John ^a   Bernstein, Ira H ^b   Brannan, Stephen ^c   Husain, Mustafa M ^a   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

Author keywords

16 item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Self report (QIDS SR16); Classical test theory; Item response theory; Montgomery sberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS); Psychometrics; Total score conversion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUICK INVENTORY OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33846265024     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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