Table 7

Discriminant validity and Minimum clinically relevant difference of ADRSc, ADRSp, HDRS and BDI

ADRSc

HDRS

ADRSp

BDI


mean (sd)

mean (sd)

mean (sd)

mean (sd)


Levels of depression

No depression

8.9 (6.1)

6.0 (4.2)

2.3 (2.5)

8.6 (6.8)

Intermediate group

17.7 (7.6)

11.0 (5.4)

4.1 (2.7)

12.9 (8.3)

Depression

28.2 (8.9)

17.2 (6.2)

6.0 (2.7)

19.4 (8.9)

Effect size

no dep vs (inter+dep)

1.41

1.21

0.94

0.79

(no dep+inter) vs dep

1.51

1.30

1.01

0.94

Sensitivity/specificity

Cut-off 15:

0.76/0.80

Cut-off 20:

0.83/0.78

Cut off 3:

0.79/0.60

Cut-off 4:

0.80/0.60

Minimum clinically relevant difference

5.2

3.1

0.9

2.5


ADRSc: Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (clinician version)

HDRS: Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

ADRSp: Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (self-rated version)

BDI: Beck Depression Inventory

No depression: the patients did not meet DSM-IV criteria for MDD and were not judged clinically depressed by the investigator.

Intermediate depression group: the patients did not met the DSM-IV criteria for MDD but were judged clinically depressed.

Depression: the patients met DSM-IV criteria for MDD and were judged clinically depressed.

Revah-Levy et al. BMC Psychiatry 2007 7:2   doi:10.1186/1471-244X-7-2

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