Sentences with phrase «symptom severity scores»

Results indicate PTSD as well as depressive symptom severity scores declined in the NET group, whereas symptoms persisted in the WLC group.

The researchers found that HAP participants maintained the benefits they showed at the end of treatment through the 12 - month period, with significantly lower symptom severity scores (adjusted mean difference in BDI - II:?

After just one month, the psoriasis patients with psoriatic arthritis had a 45 percent lower symptom severity score compared to the placebo group, and the plaque psoriasis patient group receiving the antioxidants and conventional medicines had experienced a 37 percent lower symptom severity score when compared to the placebo group.

A PANSS symptom severity score of > 3 on an item indicated a negative symptom being present (scale 1 — 7, where 1 = symptom absent and 7 = symptom extremely severe).

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In addition, the scientists assessed the severity of participants» OCD symptoms before and after the treatment, using a scaled system in which a lower score indicates less severe or less frequent symptoms.

All athletes received face - to - face baseline examination scores, including a symptom severity checklist, Standardized Assessment of Concussion, King - Devick test, and modified Balance Error Scoring System.

No significant age - related difference was found in the severity of symptoms cited before concussion (mean symptom score 6.77 in the younger group and 5.43 in the older group, p = 0.333).

Similarly, no significant age - related difference was found in the severity of symptoms cited after concussion (mean symptom score 19.40 in the younger group and 17.72 in the older group, p = 0.531).

The researchers found a continuum of trauma - related symptom severity across the groups, with highest scores in patients with DID, followed by patients with PTSD, and the lowest scores for healthy controls.

The two groups began the study with similar scores on a measure of autism symptom severity.

An overall «distress» score is also calculated for each symptom on a scale from 0 — 16, by multiplying the frequency by severity scores [2, 27, 28].

For symptomatic patients, a symptom severity index was also calculated which equalled the cumulative symptom score divided by the number of symptoms present.

To address this challenge, Johns Hopkins University computer scientists, working with an interdisciplinary team of experts from two other institutions, have developed a new approach that uses sensors on a smartphone to generate a score that reliably reflects symptom severity in patients with Parkinson's disease.

When patients came back the week after a morning session, they scored lower on measures of threat misappraisal, avoidance behavior, and panic symptom severity.

Our sample can be characterized as high risk (baseline ECBI T score > 55) 42 or at the borderline of clinical (T score > 60), 34 which is typical of previous randomized clinical trials of parent training for young children.41 The results across methods in this study are impressive given that effect sizes have been shown to be associated with the magnitude of symptom severity at baseline, 43 and thus it is typically more difficult to find large effects in prevention than in intervention trials.

The Longitudinal Interval Follow - up Evaluation rates severity of psychopathologic symptoms over time using 6 - point Psychiatric Status Rating (PSR) scales for each disorder based on DSM - III - R criteria; these are scored on a week - by - week basis during the interview period (6 or 12 months).

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).

Included studies used several tools for measuring the severity of depressive symptoms, namely the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM - D), 21 22 30 34 35 Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ - 9), 24 36 Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), 23 26 28 Hopkins Symptom Checklist - 20 (HSCL - 20), 37 38 Montgomery - Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), 18 25 27 Beck Depression Inventory - Fast Screen (BDI - FS) 39 and Center of Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES - D).40 These tools have different score ranges (HAM - D = 0 — 53, PHQ - 9 = 0 — 27, GDS = 0 — 15, HSCL - 20 = 0 — 4, MADRS = 0 — 60, BDI - FS = 0 — 21 and CES - D = 0 — 60), with higher scores in all tools representing increasing severity of depressive symptoms.

Changes in severity of children's internalizing and externalizing symptoms over the 3 - month period were also examined using changes in CBCL scores.

After controlling for the child's age and sex and adjusting for baseline severity of child and maternal symptoms, there was a significantly larger decrease in internalizing (adjusted mean score difference, 8.6; P <.001), externalizing (6.6; P =.004), and total (8.7; P <.001) symptoms among children of mothers who had a remission from major depressive disorder over the 3 - month period than among children of mothers whose major depressive disorder did not remit (Table 4).

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.

Reports were prepared for all interviews; they included descriptions of each mood symptom and its severity score.

The score range for the PCL is 17 to 85, with higher scores indicating greater PTSD symptom severity.

Diagnosis of PTSD and symptom severity were established with the Clinician - Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), 12 a semistructured clinician interview consistent with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition, Text Revision)(DSM - IV - TR).13 Posttraumatic stress disorder diagnostic status was based on meeting the DSM - IV - TR symptom cluster criteria (to be counted as a symptom, minimum frequency = 1 and intensity = 2) and a total CAPS severity score of 45 or higher.14 Total CAPS symptom severity was the primary outcome.

Patients completed the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI; score range, 0 - 63), 19 the trait (score range, 10 - 40) and anger expression (score range, 0 - 72) subscales of the State - Trait Anger Expression Inventory, 20 and the state subscale of the State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (score range, 20 - 80).21 Higher scores on all measures indicate greater symptom severity.

Results PTSD symptom severity (score range, 0 - 136) was significantly more improved in the couple therapy condition than in the wait - list condition (mean change difference, − 23.21; 95 % CI, − 37.87 to − 8.55).

Anhedonia and depressed mood (clinical or patient assessed), depressive symptoms severity (BDI score < 5 vs ≥ 10), major depressive episodes (MDEs).

To be accepted into the trial, patients had to meet the following criteria: 18 to 65 years old; meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD as determined by the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM - IV), 13 with PTSD being the main problem; scoring 20 or higher on the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS), 14 indicating moderate to severe symptom severity; and intervention starting within 6 months after the accident.

Symptom severity was assessed at baseline and annually using the Positive and Negative Symptom Scale score.

Item performance was not affected by age, although age correlated significantly with latent SMFQ scores suggesting that symptom severity increased within the age period of 7 — 11.

Also of interest was that preschoolers who had recovered from MDD still had higher MDD severity scores than controls with psychiatric disorders and no disorders, suggesting that a relatively high number of residual depressive symptoms were still manifest even during periods of recovery.

For inclusion, adolescents had to score at least 32 on the APAI (score range 0 — 105, higher score indicates greater severity of symptoms), although 14 adolescents with scores between 28 and 31 were included to achieve target sample size, and report some difficulties in function on a gender - specific local function measure.

Suicidality was assessed with 3 items (hopelessness, thoughts of death, and thoughts of suicide) from the SCL - 20.27 Physical symptom severity was assessed with the PHQ - 15, a 15 - item scale scored from 0 to 30.28 Health - related quality of life was assessed on the Short Form - 12 (SF - 12) subscales measuring physical health and mental health — related functioning.29 Subscales are normed for the general population so that mean and standard deviation are approximately 50 and 10, respectively.30 Pain intensity and interference were assessed with the Adapted Numeric Rating Scale for Pain31; each item is rated on a 0 - to - 10 Likert scale.

Primary outcomes were the Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale (PDS) 25,26 for PTSD symptoms and the Symptom Checklist Depression Scale (SCL - 20) for depressive symptoms.27 The PDS (17 items) assesses severity of PTSD symptoms over the prior 4 weeks with high internal consistency and test - retest reliability26; scores are summed and range from 0 to 51; scores of 10 or less are mild; 11 to 20, moderate; 21 to 35, moderate to severe; and at least 36, severe.

Response (score of 1 or 2 (much or very much improved) on the Clinical Global Impressions - Improvement scale); symptom severity or investigator defined response on closely related measures; symptom severity (clinician rated DSM based anxiety scales such as the Child Yale - Brown Obsessive - Compulsive Scale); adverse events.

This gives a range of scores from 0 to 56 with higher scores representing higher depressive symptom severity.

Model estimates of scores on the Brief Symptom Inventory — General Severity Index (BSI - GSI) by group from mixed - model analysis.

In multivariate models simultaneously including ODD diagnosis and CU levels, controlling by socioeconomic status, ethnicity, sex, severity of conduct disorder symptoms and other comorbidity, high CU scores were related to higher levels of aggression, withdrawn, externalizing and global symptomatology, functional impairment and higher probability of comorbid disorders and use of services.

After controlling for these variables, the order in which variables significantly correlated with physical disability (RMDQ scores) were: fear of movement / (re) injury, pain self - efficacy, pain severity, use of unhelpful management strategies and, finally, depressive symptoms.

The Pearson's correlation between measures of prenatal and postnatal EPDS scores was 0.600 (r = 0.600; p < 0.001, df = 201), however the severity of maternal depressive symptoms was significantly greater during pregnancy than at early postnatal period (t = 3.587, df = 200, p = 0.000).

The above findings remained unchanged after controlling for the severity of maternal depressive symptoms, averaged EPDS score between pregnancy and the early postnatal period, and infant sleep condition during the EEG recording.

In another study, observations of peer victimization during class time predicted restricted growth within one academic year on students» state - based standardized reading achievement test scores, after statistical control of their previous reading achievement test scores, ADHD symptom severity, and ability grouping (i.e., tracking) in their classroom [30].

Thus, for each parent, we computed one index of severity of psychofunctional symptoms by averaging the scores on items 1, 2, 3, and 5 and one index of externalizing symptoms by averaging the scores on items 6 — 10.

Greater severity of maternal depressive symptoms independently predicted higher externalizing and internalizing scores at 24 months of age, after adjusting for maternal ethnicity and prenatal smoke exposure (Table 2).