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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 23.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosomatics. 2011 Jan–Feb;52(1):1–18. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2010.11.007

Table 1.

Measures

Measure Format Outcome # of Items Score Range
Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) Clinician-administered semi-structured interview DSM-IV diagnosis of MDD, dysthymia, other psychiatric disorders Response dependent Presence or absence of diagnosis
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) Self-report Depression severity 21 0-63
Mini International Neuropsych Interview (MINI) Clinician-administered semi-structured interview DSM-IV diagnosis of MDD, dysthymia, other psychiatric disorders Response dependent Presence or absence of diagnosis
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) Clinician-administered rating scale Depression severity 21 0-66
Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) Self-report Depression severity 20 0-60
Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) Clinician-administered semi-structured interview ICD-9 diagnosis of MDD, dysthymia, other psychiatric disorders Response dependent Presence or absence of diagnosis
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) Self-report Depression and anxiety severity 14 0-42 Total 0-21 Depression subscale 0-21 Anxiety subscale
Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) Self-report Depression severity 27 0-54
Montgomery-Asberg's Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) Clinician-administered rating scale Depression severity 10 0-60
Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) Clinician-administered semi-structured interview DSM-IV diagnosis of MDD, dysthymia, other psychiatric disorders Response dependent Presence or absence of diagnosis
Hopkins Symptom Checklist-20 Depression Scale (HSCL-20) Self-report Depression severity 20 0-4
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) Self-report DSM-IV diagnosis of depression and depression severity 9 0-27