Depression screening instruments made good severity measures in a cross-sectional analysis

Psychological distress, major depressive disorder, and risk of stroke

“…16,17 The HLEQ also included a fiveitem version of the Mental Health Inventory (MHI-5), with one or more items representing anxiety, depression, loss of behavioral/emotional control, and psychological well-being during the past 4 weeks, as part of a validated generic measure of subjective health status, the anglicized version of the Short Form 36 (SF-36). 18 The MHI-5, originally developed as a measure of well-being and psychological distress, 19 has been shown to be an effective measure of depression severity, [20][21][22] and to be a valid measure of MDD (among functionally impaired, community-dwelling elderly). 23 Recent antidepressant medication use was assessed through a questionnaire completed approximately 6 months prior to the HLEQ.…”

Depression and Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence in Medicare Beneficiaries

“…31 Previous research also demonstrates that self-reported survey depression items are highly concordant with diagnoses of depression made in a formal clinical setting. 32,33 Other variables used in our analyses included demographic and socioeconomic variables available from the MCBS Access to Care file, such as sex, age (classified as Ͻ55, 55-64, 65-74, 75-84, or Ն85 years), income (Յ$10 000, $10 001-$20 000, $20 001-$40 000, or Ͼ$40 000), race (African American, white, or other), educational level (above high school, high school, or no high school), and additional health coverage besides Medicare (none, partial coverage [such as a Medicare health maintenance organization or Medigap insurance], employer-based coverage, or Medicaid).…”

Antidepressant use and 10-year incident fracture risk: the population-based Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMoS)

“…Regular exercise was defined as participating in a regular exercise program or activity. Depressive symptoms were assessed with the mental health inventory-5 (MHI-5) [15,16] and the mental component score (MCS) of the short form 36 questionnaire (SF-36) [17]. The presence of depressive symptomatology was defined as a score <42 on the MCS.…”