PMID- 9197901
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970814
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 0001-690X (Print)
IS  - 0001-690X (Linking)
VI  - 95
IP  - 5
DP  - 1997 May
TI  - Sensitivity of the six-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.
PG  - 379-84
AB  - We studied the sensitivity in detecting changes of the 6-item version of the 
      original 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D) and compared it with 
      the more widely used versions among 164 depressed outpatients with and without 
      atypical features before and after treatment with fluoxetine. The 6-item HAM-D 
      was shown to be as sensitive as the 17-, 21- and 24-item versions of this scale. 
      In addition, the different versions of the HAM-D were strongly correlated with 
      each other at baseline and at the endpoint. It appears that the 6-item version of 
      the HAM-D allows the assessment of severity of depression with comparable 
      sensitivity to the standard and more elaborate versions of the same scale.
FAU - O'Sullivan, R L
AU  - O'Sullivan RL
AD  - Psychiatric Neurosciences Program, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Clinic, 
      Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
FAU - Fava, M
AU  - Fava M
FAU - Agustin, C
AU  - Agustin C
FAU - Baer, L
AU  - Baer L
FAU - Rosenbaum, J F
AU  - Rosenbaum JF
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Acta Psychiatr Scand
JT  - Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
JID - 0370364
RN  - 0 (Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation)
RN  - 01K63SUP8D (Fluoxetine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Antidepressive Agents, Second-Generation/therapeutic use
MH  - Depression/classification/*diagnosis/drug therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Fluoxetine/therapeutic use
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Outcome Assessment, Health Care/standards
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/*standards
MH  - Sensitivity and Specificity
MH  - *Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 1997/05/01 00:00
MHDA- 1997/05/01 00:01
CRDT- 1997/05/01 00:00
PHST- 1997/05/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1997/05/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1997/05/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09649.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1997 May;95(5):379-84. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09649.x.