PMID- 17620209
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071011
LR  - 20220316
IS  - 1354-8506 (Print)
IS  - 1354-8506 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Aug
TI  - Psychometric properties of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and other 
      physician-rated psychiatric scales for the assessment of depression in ESRD 
      patients undergoing hemodialysis in Turkey.
PG  - 450-9
AB  - This study aimed to examine the reliability and validity of clinician-rated 
      psychiatric scales for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients undergoing 
      hemodialysis (HD) treatment in Turkey. For this, the Hamilton Depression Rating 
      Scale (HDRS), Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS), Global Assessment of 
      Functioning (GAF) Scale, Clinical Global Impression (CGI) Scale, and Mini Mental 
      State Exam (MMSE) were administered to 45 ESRD outpatients undergoing HD 
      treatment. Regarding the reliability of HDRS and HARS, internal consistency and 
      split-half reliability analyses revealed acceptable coefficients. The test - 
      retest reliability coefficients were also examined for all measures after a 
      period of a month, and despite this relatively long time interval, test - retest 
      reliability coefficients were above .60 for all measures. Concerning the validity 
      studies, all these scales revealed suitable convergent, discriminant, and 
      criterion validity outcomes. A cut-off point of 10 for HDRS is suggested for the 
      identification of depression in this population. In general, the findings of this 
      study indicate that HDRS, HARS, CGI, GAF, and MMSE are reliable and valid 
      instruments that can be used among ESRD patients undergoing HD.
FAU - Gencoz, Faruk
AU  - Gencoz F
AD  - Department of Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. 
      tgencoz@metu.edu.tr
FAU - Gencoz, Tulin
AU  - Gencoz T
FAU - Soykan, Attila
AU  - Soykan A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - England
TA  - Psychol Health Med
JT  - Psychology, health & medicine
JID - 9604099
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cognition Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Depression/*diagnosis/*epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Kidney Failure, Chronic/*epidemiology/*therapy
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Observer Variation
MH  - Physicians
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Renal Dialysis
MH  - *Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Turkey/epidemiology
EDAT- 2007/07/11 09:00
MHDA- 2007/10/12 09:00
CRDT- 2007/07/11 09:00
PHST- 2007/07/11 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/10/12 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/07/11 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 780490049 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/13548500600892054 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychol Health Med. 2007 Aug;12(4):450-9. doi: 10.1080/13548500600892054.