Efficacy (as a continuous outcome), measured by the overall mean change
scores on depressive symptom scales (self - rated or assessor - rated), for example, Children's Depression Rating Scale (CDRS - R) 32 and Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) 33 from baseline to endpoint.
Not exact matches
Opioid use was also more likely for patients who
scored higher
on a measure of pain catastrophizing — exaggerated responses and worries about pain — than those with
depressive symptoms.
For example,
on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), a widely used questionnaire in which a
score of 19 or above indicates major depression, women in the study group saw their
depressive symptoms decline from an average of 27 at the beginning of therapy to 9.6 eight months after the program concluded.
The depression subscale determines the level of
depressive symptoms a person is experiencing based
on a 0 to 21
score, with a
score of 0 to 7 being normal, 8 to 10 being mild, and 11 or greater being moderate to severe.
Third, they calculated the change in the average depression
scores on HADS, and
depressive symptom prevalence between two months to six months, and from six to 12 months after discharge.
After adjusting for confounding factors such as maternal depression, family income and parental alcohol use, the researchers found that for every 3 - point (one standard deviation) increase
on the Mood and Feelings Questionnaire (MFQ; a commonly - used measure of
depressive symptoms)
on the part of fathers, there was an associated 0.2 - point increase in the adolescent's MFQ
score.
The changes in psychological well - being
scores (Supplementary Table S1) indicated major improvements in all three groups from the first to fifth day and 1 month later
on all measures (
depressive symptoms, perceived stress, mindful awareness and vitality).
According to a 2014 study published in the journal Stroke, people who
scored higher
on measures of unfriendliness, as well as those with chronic stress and
depressive symptoms, had a higher risk of stroke than the friendlier, kinder participants.
This group included 35 892 women with an incomplete depression history (ie, those who did not report their
depressive status in 1996, 1998, or 2000 or did not return or answer the Mental Health Index [MHI] questionnaire9 - 11 [a 5 - item subscale of the 36 - Item Short - Form Health Survey] in 1992 or 1996), as well as women who reported taking antidepressants in 1996 (n = 2052) or had a physician - diagnosed episode of depression in 1996 or earlier (n = 3445), those with an unknown start date (n = 131), or those who reported severe
depressive symptoms (
score, ≤ 52)
on the 1992 (n = 2381) or 1996 (n = 2271) MHI questionnaire.
At both baseline and follow - up there was a high rate of
depressive symptoms with one third of the group
scoring 14 or more
on the Beck Depression Inventory (a questionnaire designed to measure severity of
depressive symptoms).
Enrollment eligibility was based
on youth meeting either of 2 criteria: (1) endorsed «stem items» for major depression or dysthymia from the 12 - month Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI - 12 [Core Version 2.1]-RRB- 38 modified slightly to conform to diagnostic criteria for adolescents, 39 1 week or more of past - month
depressive symptoms, and a total Center for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale (CES - D) 40
score of 16 or greater (range of possible
scores, 0 - 60); or (2) a CES - D
score of 24 or greater.
We applied generalised linear mixed models via PROC GLIMMIX to estimate the effects of different transitional patterns of exercise
on depressive symptoms with HLDS as the event, after adjusting for the previous CESD
score, age, gender, level of education, marital status, smoking, physical function, emotional support, social participation, self - rated health, economic satisfaction, employment and 10 chronic conditions.
Patients: In total, 150 adults (age ≥ 35 years) with elevated
depressive symptoms (Beck depression inventory (BDI)
score ≥ 10
on two screens or ≥ 15
on one screen) 2 — 6 months after hospitalisation for ACS.
At 12 weeks, the intervention group adjusted mean
score for
depressive symptoms on the BDI - II was significantly lower than the control group by 5.8 points (95 % CI − 11.1 to − 0.5) after adjusting for baseline depression
scores, anxiety, sociodemographics, psychotropic medication use and clustering by practice.
Inclusion criteria: cancer prognosis of 6 months or more; major
depressive disorder for ⩾ 1 month not associated with a change of cancer or cancer management; and a
score of ⩾ 1.75
on the
Symptom Checklist - 20 (SCL - 20) depression scale (
score range 1 — 4, higher
score indicating greater levels of
depressive symptoms).
When the study children were 30 months old, maternal
depressive symptoms scores on the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale were generally low (Table 5).
The mother's initial diagnosis was established by clinical interview and confirmed using a
symptom checklist based
on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM - IV).13 The severity of
depressive symptoms was estimated using the HRSD.15, 16 Maternal remission was defined as an HRSD
score of 7 or less, and response was defined as a 50 % or greater reduction of the baseline HRSD
score.
The reliability and validity of this scale for detecting
depressive symptoms has been established in previous studies.25, 26 The scale produces possible
scores from 0 to 60 based
on responses to 20 self - administered items.
Secondary outcomes included
depressive symptoms (end point
symptom scores) and remission (defined as a
score on a depression rating scale within the normal range — eg, HAMD
score ⩽ 7, MADRS
score ⩽ 12 or...
Anxiety and
depressive symptoms are
scored on separate subscales of 7 items each.
The cutoff
score of 10
on the TLSA form of the CES - D is therefore recommended for screening
depressive symptoms among older adults in Taiwan.
Parents were assessed with the Family Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia.19 Teens were grouped into clinical groups based
on their
depressive symptoms and determination of DSM - III - R20, 21 diagnoses; details
on all interviewed subjects are reported elsewhere.22 This analysis focuses
on a medium depression group (n = 123 [25.9 %]-RRB-, which was called the subsyndromal group.12 These teens reported a previous depression episode or subdiagnostic levels of
depressive symptoms that were insufficient to meet full criteria for a DSM - III - R affective diagnosis (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
score, ≥ 24).16 Teens who met the criteria for the subsyndromal group and agreed to participate were randomized to receive either the prevention intervention program or usual care.
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of the Strong African American Families (SAAF)
on a subset of 167 families in which the primary caregivers demonstrated elevated levels of
depressive symptoms at pretest as indicated by a
score of 16 or higher
on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies — Depression scale (CES — D).
Inclusion criteria required known HIV - positive status of 6 months or more, a
score of 15 or higher
on the 24 - item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (Ham - D), 6 and clinical judgment of significant
depressive symptoms.
There was no significant difference in post-treatment HRSD
scores between the CBASP and the IPT condition, but a significant difference was seen
on the self - rated BDI
scores, with subjects in the CBASP condition reporting a significantly higher reduction in self - rated
depressive symptoms.
Mean
scores on measures of trait anxiety, frequency of the experience of
depressive symptoms, optimism, and neuroticism for rapid regulating (N = 17) and nonregulating (N = 17) older adults.
Older participants»
scores on the CES - D reflected that they experienced
depressive symptoms significantly less often compared with their younger counterparts (M = 8.16, SD = 7.26 and M = 14.63, SD = 9.67, respectively), t (61) = 3.05, p <.01.
We plan to: (a) identify high risk adolescents based
on elevated
scores on a screening measure of
depressive symptoms that is delivered in primary care; (b) recruit 400 (200 per site) of these at - risk adolescents to be randomized into either the CATCH - IT or the Educational group; and (c) assess outcomes at 2, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months post intake
on measures of
depressive symptoms,
depressive diagnoses, other mental disorders, and
on measures of role impairment in education, quality of life, attainment of educational milestones, and family functioning; and to examine predictors of intervention response, and potential ethnic and cultural differences in intervention response.
Students who
scored in the clinical range
on the Emotional
Symptoms Scale were given The Diagnostic Interview for Children and Adolescents IV, to assess suicidal ideation and behavior, and
depressive and anxiety disorders.
Mothers with an infant aged up to 12 months were recruited at eight mental health centers in The Netherlands, if they met the following inclusion criteria: (a) having a diagnosis of a major
depressive episode or dysthymia according to the DSM - IV criteria [52](95 %) and / or
scoring above 14
on the Beck Depression Inventory [53] indicating increased levels of
depressive symptoms (5 %); (b) having adequate fluency in Dutch; and (c) receiving professional outpatient treatment for their depression.
In our first set of time lagged analyses, we were interested in examining the effects of the perceived control
scores and dependent interpersonal stress (T - 1)
on individual's follow - up
depressive symptoms (Time T).
Results show that adolescent girls tend to
score higher
on several maladaptive cognitive schemas, and that these schemas tend to be more highly correlated with
depressive symptoms compared to adolescent boys.
The results revealed that (1) for females and males, higher levels of
depressive symptoms correlated with a more
depressive attributional style; (2) females and males who met diagnostic criteria for a current
depressive disorder evidenced more depres - sogenic attributions than psychiatric controls, and never and past depressed adolescents; (3) although no sex differences in terms of attributional patterns for positive events, negative events, or for positive and negative events combined emerged, sex differences were revealed
on a number of dimensional
scores; (4) across the Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire (CASQ) subscale and dimensional
scores, the relation between attributions and current self - reported
depressive symptoms was stronger for females than males; and (5) no Sex × Diagnostic Group Status interaction effects emerged for CASQ subscale or dimensional
scores.
Mothers were identified as having persistent
depressive symptoms if their
scores on the CES - D were ≥ 16 at all 3 time points, as ever having
depressive symptoms if their
scores were ≥ 16 at 1 or 2 time points, and as never having
depressive symptoms if their
scores were always < 16.
In contrast, most fathers in families where the mothers
scored high
on the EPDS seemed to establish joyful relationships with their children and secure child - father attachment 15 — 18 months postpartum, as if the father «compensated» for the mothers»
depressive symptoms.
On the basis of CES - D
scores at all 3 time points, participants were divided into 3
symptom categories; 40 % of all participants never had
depressive symptoms, 48 % ever had
depressive symptoms, and 12 % had persistent
depressive symptoms.
Prevention of depression indicated by reduction in
depressive symptoms on pre-post-assessment (early intervention) or reduction in onset of
depressive symptoms or disorder measured by depression
scores on a rating scales
We hypothesized that multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA), with youth age controlled, would reveal that youths»
scores on the CPI (Nansel & Weissberg - Benchell, et al., 2008) would be related to youths» diabetes outcomes (glycemic control, treatment adherence, diabetes and general quality of life, family conflict, youth
depressive symptoms, fear of hypoglycemia, and family sharing of diabetes responsibilities) as follows: