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. 2015 Apr 3;15:68. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0456-3

Table 4.

Correlation between depression assessment tools (all p < 0.0001)

Time Assessment tool 1 Assessment tool 2 N Kendall’s tau-b
Baseline PHQ-9 BDI-II 14081 0.6294
3 months R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 Total 2202 0.5704
R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 item 1 2192 0.5279
R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 item 2 2202 0.5316
R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 item 3 2192 0.3967
R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 item 4 2192 0.4206
R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 item 5 2182 0.4319
R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 item 6 2192 0.5673
R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 item 7 2202 0.4213
R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 item 8 2192 0.3786
R-SMS-DS PHQ-9 item 9 2202 0.4166
12 months PHQ-9 BDI-II 5483 0.6632

1All patients screened at baseline.

2Patients in the SMS sub-study with text replies received within +/− 6 days of date of PHQ-9 completion.

3All patients in the ACUDep trial with response data.