Web-based training and interrater reliability testing for scoring the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 126-130

  Rosen, Jules ^a,d   Mulsant, Benoit H ^a,b   Marino, Patricia ^c   Groening, Christopher ^d   Young, Robert C ^c   Fox, Debra ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e Fox Learning Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Depression; Hamilton Depression; Interrater reliability; Rater training; Rating scales; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; WEB BROWSER;

ADULT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SIMULATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 52149090109     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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