Assessment of the psychometric properties of the 17- and 6-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scales in major depressive disorder, bipolar depression and bipolar depression with mixed features

• Published in: Journal of psychiatric research Vol. 108; pp. 84 - 89
• Main Authors: Kieslich da Silva, Alexandre, Reche, Mateus, Lima, Ana Flávia da Silva, Fleck, Marcelo Pio de Almeida, Capp, Edison, Shansis, Flávio Milman
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2019
• Subjects: 6-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; Adult; Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis; Depression; Depression scale; Depressive Disorder, Major - diagnosis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Mixed features; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychometric properties; Psychometrics; Quality of Life; Depression scale; 6-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale; Depression; Mixed features; Psychometric properties

Assessing therapeutic response in depression requires scales that adequately measure the core symptoms of depressive symptomatology. The main goal of this study was to assess the psychometric properties of the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D17) and the 6-item Hamilton Depression Rati...