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. 2010 Dec;20(6):513–516. doi: 10.1089/cap.2010.0063

Table 2.

Construct Validity

Scale Mean Screen CDRS-R Screen CGAS Screen CGI-S Base CDRS-R Base CGAS Base CGI-S Exit CDRS-R Exit CGAS Exit CGI-S Exit CGI-I Change in CDRS-R
Screen CDRS-R 53.0 ± 10.4 1.00 −0.54a 0.87a 0.42a −0.15 0.40a 0.02 0.09 0.02 −0.06 0.30a
Screen CGAS 53.3 ± 7.6 −0.54a 1.00 −0.65a −0.30a 0.47a −0.30a −0.08 0.27 −0.09 −0.06 −0.12
Screen CGI-S 4.4 ± 1.0 0.87a −0.65a 1.00 0.34a −0.15 0.45a 0.05 0.01 0.07 0.01 0.18
Base CDRS-R 57.9 ± 8.8 0.42a −0.30a 0.34a 1.00 −0.52a 0.80a 0.06 0.03 0.05 −0.08 0.53a
Base CGAS 51.7 ± 6.2 −0.15 0.47a −0.15 −0.52a 1.00 −0.46a −0.12 0.25 −0.15 −0.03 −0.14
Base CGI-S 4.8 ± 0.7 0.40a −0.30a 0.45a 0.80a −0.46a 1.00 0.06 0.08 0.07 −0.01 0.37a
Exit CDRS-R 27.7 ± 11.4 0.02 −0.09 0.05 0.06 −0.12 0.06 1.00 −0.77a 0.93a 0.92a −0.82a
Exit CGAS 66.3 ± 11.5 0.09 0.27b 0.01 0.03 0.25b 0.08 −0.77a 1.00 −0.77a −0.77a 0.67a
Exit CGI-S 2.4 ± 1.2 0.02 −0.09 0.07 0.05 −0.15 0.07 0.93a −0.77a 1.00 0.91a −0.76a
Exit CGI-I 1.9 ± 1.1 −0.06 −0.06 0.01 −0.08 −0.03 −0.01 0.92a −0.77a 0.91a 1.00 −0.83a
Change in CDRS-R −28.9 ± 13.4 0.30a −0.12 0.18 0.53a −0.14 0.37a −0.82a 0.67a −0.76a −0.83a 1.00
a

p < 0.01.

b

p < 0.05.

CDRS-R = Children's Depression Rating Scale–Revised; CGAS = Children's Global Assessment Scale; CGI-I = Clinical Global Impressions-Improvement; CGI-S = Clinical Global Impressions–Severity.