Table 4.
Importance of scales for assessing whether a patient has been cured of depression
| Psychiatrists | GPs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scale | Rank | Mean score | Rank | Mean score |
| SDS | 1 | 4.23 | 1 | 4.13 |
| PHQ-9 | 2 | 4.04 | 2 | 3.86 |
| WHOQOL-BREF | 3 | 3.86 | 3 | 3.84 |
| PANAS-pos | 4 | 3.79 | 4 | 3.72 |
| HADS-A | 5 | 3.34 | 5 | 3.22 |
| PHQ-somatic | 6 | 2.50 | 6 | 2.61 |
All physicians were asked to rank the importance of each item from 1 to 5, with 5 indicating greatest importance - the total mean score for all items from the scale was then calculated and used to rank the scales.
GP, general practitioner; HADS-A, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-Depression Subscale; PHQ-somatic, Patient Health Questionnaire-Somatic Symptoms subscale; PANAS-pos, Positive And Negative Affect Schedule-Positive Affect subscale; SDS, Sheehan Disability Scale; WHOQOL-BREF, Abbreviated World Health Organization Quality of Life scale.