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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 31.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatry Res. 2010 Mar 21;177(0):177–183. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.02.008

Table 4.

Agreement in responsea and remissionb ratings for patient-rated QIDS-SR16 compared with clinician-rated HAM-D17 from baseline through acute-phase week 10; n (%) of patients.

HAM-D17
Responder
Remitter
QIDS-SR16 Yes No κ Yes No κ
Baselinec Yes - - - 3 (100) −0.002
No - 1032 (100) 1 (<1) 1028 (99)
Week 1 Yes 26 (22) 92 (78) 0.23* 7 (25) 21 (75) 0.21*
No 34 (4) 837 (96) 24 (2) 937 (98)
Week 2 Yes 110 (52) 103 (48) 0.45* 24 (39) 38 (61) 0.34*
No 69 (10) 657 (90) 39 (4) 838 (96)
Week 3 Yes 190 (65) 103 (35) 0.44* 47 (47) 53 (53) 0.35*
No 122 (20) 499 (80) 73 (9) 741 (91)
Week 4 Yes 283 (74) 102 (26) 0.46* 105 (66) 53 (34) 0.46*
No 145 (27) 395 (73) 110 (14) 657 (86)
Week 6 Yes 396 (83) 80 (17) 0.48* 155 (80) 40 (20) 0.45*
No 147 (36) 262 (64) 168 (24) 522 (76)
Week 8 Yes 441 (91) 43 (9) 0.50* 210 (83) 43 (17) 0.48*
No 141 (44) 178 (56) 160 (29) 390 (71)
Week 10 Yes 498 (95) 26 (5) 0.33* 270 (90) 29 (10) 0.45*
No 174 (67) 87 (33) 195 (40) 291 (60)

HAM-D17, 17-item Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression; κ, kappa statistic; QIDS-SR16, 16-item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology—Self-Report.

a

Response: ≥50% reduction from baseline on HAM-D17 total score and QIDS-SR16 total score.

b

Remission: HAM-D17 total score≤7, QIDS-SR16 total score≤5.

c

QIDS-SR16 values missing for ≥1.0% of patients: baseline, 15/1047 (1.4%).

*

P<0.0001.