Moreover, a variety of measures of depression or depressive symptoms have been used.
Highly skewed variables such as maternal measures of depression and previous depressive symptom scores were imputed using prediction matching.
Their measures of depression come from standard psychiatric instruments, Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology and Hamilton Depression rating scales.
The primary outcome was change in depressive symptoms based on validated measures of depression.
Uher, R. et al. Differential efficacy of escitalopram and nortriptyline on dimensional measures of depression.
High scores in these tests tend to correlate with high scores on measures of depression and impulsivity.
Convergent validity was assessed with measures of depression and disordered eating.
Measures of depression, anxiety, distress and disability were administered at pre-treatment, post-treatment and 3-month follow-up.
Results: Subjects were evaluated at baseline and 2 weeks later using measures of depression, apathy, and cognitive impairment.
They completed baseline measures of depression symptoms, childhood trauma exposure, neuroticism, and self-worth during academy training.
Verbal and written feedback from patients has been largely very positive and measures of depression and anxiety on average show a significant reduction following the course.
