PMID- 25889742
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151020
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1477-7525 (Electronic)
IS  - 1477-7525 (Linking)
VI  - 13
DP  - 2015 Apr 2
TI  - Hamilton depression rating scale and montgomery-asberg depression rating scale in 
      depressed and bipolar I patients: psychometric properties in a Brazilian sample.
PG  - 42
LID - 10.1186/s12955-015-0235-3 [doi]
LID - 42
AB  - BACKGROUND: The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and the 
      Montgomery-Asberg Depression Scale (MADRS) are used worldwide and considered 
      standard scales for evaluating depressive symptoms. This paper aims to 
      investigate the psychometric proprieties (reliability and validity) of these 
      scales in a Brazilian sample, and to compare responses in bipolar and unipolar 
      patients. METHODS: The sample comprised 91 patients with either bipolar I or 
      major depressive disorder from a psychiatric institute at Sao Paulo, Brazil. 
      Participants were recruited and treated by clinicians through the Structured 
      Interview for DSM-IV criteria, and had previously been interviewed by a trained, 
      blind tester. RESULTS: Both scales indicated good reliability properties; 
      however, the MADRS reliability statistics were higher than those of the HAM-D for 
      detecting initial symptoms of unipolar depression. Correlation between the tests 
      was moderate. Despite demonstrating adequate validity, neither test achieved the 
      levels of sensitivity and specificity required for identification of a cutoff 
      score to differentiate bipolar I and unipolar patients. CONCLUSIONS: Both scales 
      demonstrate adequate reliability and validity for assessing depressive symptoms 
      in the Brazilian sample, and are good options to complement psychiatric 
      diagnosis, but are not appropriate for distinguishing between the two affective 
      disorder types.
FAU - Carneiro, Adriana Munhoz
AU  - Carneiro AM
AD  - Mood Disorders Unit (Grupo de Disturbios Afetivos- GRUDA), Department and 
      Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Dr. 
      Ovidio Pires de Campos St., 785 - 3rd floor -Ala Norte, Cerqueira Cesar, Sao 
      Paulo, SP, Post code: 05403-010, Brazil. adrianacarneiro01@gmail.com.
FAU - Fernandes, Fernando
AU  - Fernandes F
AD  - Mood Disorders Unit (Grupo de Disturbios Afetivos- GRUDA), Department and 
      Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Dr. 
      Ovidio Pires de Campos St., 785 - 3rd floor -Ala Norte, Cerqueira Cesar, Sao 
      Paulo, SP, Post code: 05403-010, Brazil. fernandes2000@gmail.com.
FAU - Moreno, Ricardo Alberto
AU  - Moreno RA
AD  - Mood Disorders Unit (Grupo de Disturbios Afetivos- GRUDA), Department and 
      Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP), Dr. 
      Ovidio Pires de Campos St., 785 - 3rd floor -Ala Norte, Cerqueira Cesar, Sao 
      Paulo, SP, Post code: 05403-010, Brazil. ricardoalbertomoreno@gmail.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20150402
PL  - England
TA  - Health Qual Life Outcomes
JT  - Health and quality of life outcomes
JID - 101153626
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Bipolar Disorder/*diagnosis
MH  - Brazil
MH  - Depression/*diagnosis
MH  - Depressive Disorder, Major/*diagnosis
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - *Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Mood Disorders/diagnosis
MH  - *Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Psychometrics/*instrumentation
MH  - Quality of Life
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC4391145
EDAT- 2015/04/19 06:00
MHDA- 2015/10/21 06:00
PMCR- 2015/04/02
CRDT- 2015/04/19 06:00
PHST- 2014/08/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/03/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2015/04/19 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2015/04/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/10/21 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2015/04/02 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12955-015-0235-3 [pii]
AID - 235 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12955-015-0235-3 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2015 Apr 2;13:42. doi: 10.1186/s12955-015-0235-3.