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Diagnostic utility of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-C16 and QIDS-SR16) in the elderly.

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Doraiswamy, PM; Bernstein, IH; Rush, AJ; Kyutoku, Y; Carmody, TJ; Macleod, L; Venkatraman, S; Burks, M; Stegman, D; Witte, B; Trivedi, MH
Published in: Acta Psychiatr Scand
September 2010

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate psychometric properties and comparability ability of the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) vs. the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Clinician-rated (QIDS-C(16)) and Self-report (QIDS-SR(16)) scales to detect a current major depressive episode in the elderly. METHOD: Community and clinic subjects (age >or=60 years) were administered the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) for DSM-IV and three depression scales randomly. Statistics included classical test and Samejima item response theories, factor analyzes, and receiver operating characteristic methods. RESULTS: In 229 elderly patients (mean age = 73 years, 39% male, 54% current depression), all three scales were unidimensional and with nearly equal Cronbach alpha reliability (0.85-0.89). Each scale discriminated persons with major depression from the non-depressed, but the QIDS-C(16) was slightly more accurate. CONCLUSION: All three tests are valid for detecting geriatric major depression with the QIDS-C(16) being slightly better. Self-rated QIDS-SR(16) is recommended as a screening tool as it is least expensive and least time consuming.

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Acta Psychiatr Scand

DOI

EISSN

1600-0447

Publication Date

September 2010

Volume

122

Issue

3

Start / End Page

226 / 234

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Reproducibility of Results
  • ROC Curve
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality Assessment
  • Middle Aged
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Doraiswamy, P. M., Bernstein, I. H., Rush, A. J., Kyutoku, Y., Carmody, T. J., Macleod, L., … Trivedi, M. H. (2010). Diagnostic utility of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-C16 and QIDS-SR16) in the elderly. Acta Psychiatr Scand, 122(3), 226–234. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01531.x
Doraiswamy, P Murali, I. H. Bernstein, A. J. Rush, Y. Kyutoku, T. J. Carmody, L. Macleod, S. Venkatraman, et al. “Diagnostic utility of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-C16 and QIDS-SR16) in the elderly.Acta Psychiatr Scand 122, no. 3 (September 2010): 226–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01531.x.
Doraiswamy PM, Bernstein IH, Rush AJ, Kyutoku Y, Carmody TJ, Macleod L, et al. Diagnostic utility of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-C16 and QIDS-SR16) in the elderly. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2010 Sep;122(3):226–34.
Doraiswamy, P. Murali, et al. “Diagnostic utility of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-C16 and QIDS-SR16) in the elderly.Acta Psychiatr Scand, vol. 122, no. 3, Sept. 2010, pp. 226–34. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01531.x.
Doraiswamy PM, Bernstein IH, Rush AJ, Kyutoku Y, Carmody TJ, Macleod L, Venkatraman S, Burks M, Stegman D, Witte B, Trivedi MH. Diagnostic utility of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-C16 and QIDS-SR16) in the elderly. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2010 Sep;122(3):226–234.
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Published In

Acta Psychiatr Scand

DOI

EISSN

1600-0447

Publication Date

September 2010

Volume

122

Issue

3

Start / End Page

226 / 234

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Reproducibility of Results
  • ROC Curve
  • Psychometrics
  • Psychiatry
  • Personality Inventory
  • Personality Assessment
  • Middle Aged
  • Mass Screening
  • Male
  • Humans