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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2016 Jul-Aug;78(6):716–727. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000322

Table 4. Convergent and Construct Validity of PHQ-ADS Ordinal Categories.

Measure PHQ-ADS Category (Score Range) P-value*

Minimal Mild Moderate Severe
(0-9) (10-19) (20-29) (30-48)

Convergent Validity Mean (SD)

PHQ-9
 SCOPE 3.3 (2.3) 8.8 (2.3) 14.2 (3.2) 19.5 (3.7) < .001
 ESCAPE 3.8 (1.9) 8.6 (2.3) 13.5 (3.0) 18.7 (3.3) < .001
 INCPAD 1.9 (2.5) 11.1 (3.3) 15.5 (3.5) 19.8 (3.6) < .001

GAD-7
 SCOPE 1.3 (1.6) 4.9 (2.5) 9.8 (2.9) 16.3 (3.2) < .001
 ESCAPE 2.4 (1.4) 6.5 (2.2) 10.5 2.6) 15.8 (2.8) <.001
 INCPAD 1.9 (2.1) 4.1 (2.9) 8.6 (3.6) 15.8 (3.2) < .001

PROMIS-ADS
 SCOPE 9.4 (2.3) 12.0 (4.2) 18.8 (5.8) 26.6 (7.1) < .001

SF Mental (MHI-5)
 SCOPE 85.5 (7.7) 75.0 (13.2) 52.5 (16.9) 36.5 (18.2) < .001
 ESCAPE 81.0 (13.5) 67.3 (13.7) 50.5 (14.4) 34.1 (15.1) < .001
 INCPAD 82.2 (10.8) 64.5 (15.3) 49.7 (15.0) 35.1 (17.0) < .001

SF MCS
 SCOPE 56.8 (5.4) 50.7 (8.3) 39.6 (9.7) 29.4 (9.8) < .001
 ESCAPE 55.4 (7.2) 46.9 (8.8) 37.0 (7.9) 27.8 (7.3) < .001
 INCPAD 54.0 (8.7) 44.8 (8.7) 36.8 (9.9) 30.5 (10.8) < .001

Construct Validity Mean (SD)

SF Vitality
 SCOPE 56.1 (19.4) 38.3 (16.1) 25.3 (19.5) 21.0 (16.9) < .001
 ESCAPE 50.0 (20.0) 40.8 (16.0) 31.2 (15.2) 21.5 (13.4) < .001
 INCPAD 46.7 (18.7) 30.6 (18.4) 23.3 (16.0) 19.1 (14.7) < .001

SF Social
 SCOPE 82.8 (19.8) 69.2 (21.6) 48.8 (24.8) 37.9 (23.9) < .001
 ESCAPE 75.9 (21.1) 61.0 (21.0) 46.0 (22.1) 29.9 (17.1) < .001

Disability Days
 SCOPE 4.7 (6.5) 9.1 (8.2) 13.0 (7.4) 16.2 (8.6) < .001
 INCPAD 10.4 (9.9) 15.3 (10.4) 18.9 (9.8) 20.5 (8.3) < .001

Sheehan Disability Scale
 INCPAD 3.3 (2.6) 4.8 (2.7) 6.1 (2.6) 6.9 (2.4) < .001

Work Effectiveness
 SCOPE 82.0 (18.8) 73.6 (20.5) 61.8 (22.9) 52.9 (26.3) <.001
 ESCAPE 84.0 (17.8) 79.9 (18.2) 74.3 (20.0) 59.1 (24.5) < .001
*

Analysis of variance was used to compare mean scores across the four categories.