Measuring depression: Comparison and integration of three scales in the GENDEP study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-300

  Uher, R ^a   Farmer, A ^a   Maier, W ^b   Rietschel, M ^c   Hauser, J ^d   Marusic, A ^e   Mors, O ^f   Elkin, A ^a   Williamson, R J ^a   Schmael, C ^c   Henigsberg, N ^g   Perez, J ^h   Mendlewicz, J ⁱ   Janzing, J G E ^j   Zobel, A ^b   Skibinska, M ^d   Kozel, D ^e   Stamp, A S ^f   Bajs, M ^g   Placentino, A ^h   Barreto, M ⁱ   McGuffin, P ^a   Aitchison, K J ^a   more..

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^h IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

ⁱ FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^j Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Netherlands)

more..

Author keywords

Depression; Item response theory; Randomized controlled trial; Rating scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MOOD; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOMETRY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38549137805     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707001730     Document Type: Article

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