Psychometric properties of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-Report (QIDS-SR) in depressed adolescents
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Zhang, W.,
Zhao, Y.,
Zhang, Y.,
He, F.,
Pan, H.,
Cheung, T.,
Ungvari, G. S.,
Li, S.,
&
Xiang, Y.
(2020).
Psychometric properties of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-Report (QIDS-SR) in depressed adolescents.
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11.
Abstract
Background: Accurate and reliable self-report measurement tools examining depressive symptoms are scant in child psychiatry. This study assessed the psychometric properties of the Chinese Version of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self-Report (C-QIDS-SR) in depressed adolescents in China.
Methods: Adolescents with major depressive episodes or bipolar depressive episodes were assessed using the C-QIDS-SR. The structure validity of the C-QIDS-SR was estimated using principal component analysis with varimax rotation.
Results: A total of 246 depressed adolescents were included in the study. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.77. The correlation coefficient between the baseline and endpoint assessments was 0.49 (p < 0.001), whereas, the correlation coefficient between the C-QIDS-SR and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression−17 items (HAMD-17) was 0.63 (p < 0.001). Principal component analysis with varimax rotation demonstrated the unidimensional structure of the C-QIDS-SR.
Conclusion: The C-QIDS-SR is a reliable and valid instrument with acceptable psychometric properties to measure depressive symptoms in adolescents.
Keywords
depression, reliability, validity, C-QIDS-SR, adolescents
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