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. 2024 May 6;69(9):641–687. doi: 10.1177/07067437241245384

Table 5.2.

Examples of Validated Rating Scales for Measurement-Based Care.

Outcome Clinician-rated scales Patient-rated scales
Symptoms/severity
  • Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D, HAM-7)

  • Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS)

  • Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology (IDS)

  • Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS)

  • Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS)

  • Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)*

  • Clinically Useful Depression Outcome Scale (CUDOS)

  • Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

  • Patient Rated Outcome Measurement Information System (PROMIS)

  • Quick Inventory for Depressive Symptomatology, Self-Rated (QIDS-SR)

  • Suicidality Scale

Functioning
  • Multidimensional Scale of Independent Functioning (MSIF)

  • Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS)

  • WHO Disability Assessment Scale (WHO-DAS)

  • Lam Employment Absence and Productivity Scale (LEAPS)

  • Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS)*

  • WHO-DAS, self-rated

  • Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS)*

Quality of life
  • Quality of Life Interview (QOLI)*

  • EuroQoL-5D (EQ-5D)

  • Quality of Life, Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (QLESQ)*

Side effects
  • UKU Side Effect Rating Scale

  • Toronto Side Effects Scale

  • Frequency, Intensity and Burden of Side Effects Rating (FIBSER)

Note. These scales are examples for illustrative purposes only and are not officially endorsed by CANMAT. References for the scales are available in the Online Supplemental Materials.

* Copyright may require a fee for clinical use.