Psychometric evaluation of a 6‐item <scp>C</scp>hinese version of the <scp>H</scp>amilton <scp>D</scp>epression <scp>R</scp>ating <scp>S</scp>cale: Mokken scaling and item analysis

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the effects of a four-week course of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) on the following symptoms of major depressive episode (MDE): mood, work activities, health concerns, guilt, anxiety and retardation. Method: Patients underwent 20 daily sessions of 10 Hz TMS (two sets of 10 daily treatments separated by two days of rest). The six-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-6) was administered before and after treatment. Remission was operationalised as a HAMD-6 score of <4. Descriptive statistics and t-tests were used to compare pre/post scores on HAMD-6 subscales, and logistic regression was used to understand symptoms that predicted remission/non-remission. Results: There were 104 participants (79 female; 76%), with a mean age of 44.6 years ( SD=15.7 years). There was a significant improvement in the whole sample and in remitters ( n=70) on all subscales. However, those who failed to remit did not achieve significant reductions in ‘health concerns’ and ‘retardation’. There were no difference in age and sex between remitters and non-remitters. Also, there were no significant differences between the remitters and non-remitters on the pretreatment depression symptom profiles. No predictors of response were identified, as expected. Conclusions: TMS has the ability to reduce all listed MDE symptoms. No pretreatment MDE symptom profile was identified which might carry prognostic value.

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“…The term 'remission' was applied when symptom levels were low/absent, and operationalised as a HAMD-6 score of ⩽4. 16…”

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Impact of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the symptom profile of major depressive episode

May

Pridmore

2019

Australas Psychiatry

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“…The resulting list of studies is presented in Table 2, and an overview of methods and results of each study is presented in Table 3. 6,7,10,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Four studies included Western samples for comparison. The study by Furukawa and colleagues 15 qualified for this review due to its Japanese sample but also contains a US and a European sample.…”

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“…We assume this is the number of respondents used to analyse the HDRS. Lee et al 13 China (n ¼ 214) Psychiatric outpatients; 44.4% were in a DSM-IV current major depressive episode. Bachner 14 Israel (n ¼ 125) Bedouin Arabs who were primary carers for cancer patients.…”

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Cross-Cultural Psychometric Properties of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

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This study indicates that a general depression cluster is manifest in responses to the HDRS across cultures. While psychometric properties of the full-length HDRS are still debated, the general depression cluster appears pertinent to the assessment of depression across cultures. We recommend that cross-cultural clinicians and researchers focus on the use of unidimensional depression scales, which are in agreement with this cluster.

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“…4,8,14 In contrast, the 6-item version of the HAMD scale has shown good psychometric properties and has been translated into several languages, including Arabic. [15][16][17][18][19] However, this version does not score for suicidality, which may limit its clinical usefulness. Moreover, a review of the literature did not reveal any other brief validated structured Arabic-language interview-based scale to measure depression severity and response to treatment in clinical settings.…”

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Arabic Translation, Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the 7-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in Two Community Samples

AlHadi

Alarabi

Alshomrani

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Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J

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Psychometric evaluation of a 6‐item Chinese version of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale: Mokken scaling and item analysis

Abstract: The Chinese HAM-D was a reliable, valid, and unidimensional scale of depression.

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Impact of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the symptom profile of major depressive episode

Impact of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the symptom profile of major depressive episode

Cross-Cultural Psychometric Properties of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

Arabic Translation, Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the 7-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in Two Community Samples

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