Validation of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) and sociodemographic factors associated with Lebanese depressed patients
Source | ENCEPHALE (n°5 vol 44) |
Auteur(s) : | OBEID S, Aut. ; ABI ELIAS HALLIT C, Aut. ; HADDAD C, Aut. ; HANY Z, Aut. ; HALLIT S, Aut. |
Année de publication : | 2018 |
Pages : | 397-402 |
Mots-clés : | ECHELLE HAMILTON RATING SCALE FOR ANXIETY ; LIBAN ; DEPRESSION ; ECHELLE D'EVALUATION ; PAYS ETRANGER ; PSYCHOMETRIE ; VALIDATION ; |
Résumé : | The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) is the most commonly used scale for the evaluation of patients' treatments for depression. Since the HDRS has never been validated in Lebanon to our knowledge, our primary objective, therefore, is to investigate the correlation, sensitivity, specificity, as well as the reliability and the validity of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) among Lebanese depressed patients. The secondary objective is to identify sociodemographic factors that would be correlated to depression among our sample....This study shows that the Arabic version of the HDRS has promising psychometric properties, making it a good tool to use for the diagnosis of patients with depression. Depression recognition and treatment in general practice with the aim of improving patient outcome and reducing health care expenditure, is definitely warranted. [Extrait du résumé d'auteur] |
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