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Assessing anxious features in depressed outpatients.

Shawn M McClintock1, Mustafa M Husain, Ira H Bernstein

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390–8898, USA. shawn.mcclintock@utsouthwestern.edu

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
|November 8, 2011
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The Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) and Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (IDS-C) anxiety subscales demonstrate acceptable psychometric properties for identifying anxious features in major depressive disorder patients. Item 17 of the HRSD may be removed to improve scale performance.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • Major depressive disorder frequently co-occurs with anxiety disorders.
  • Standard depression rating scales, such as the HRSD and IDS-C, include subscales to assess anxiety symptoms.
  • The psychometric properties of these anxiety subscales require thorough evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the psychometric properties of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression anxiety subscale (HRSD(ANX)) and the Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Clinician-rated anxiety subscale (IDS-C(ANX)).
  • To assess the utility of these subscales in identifying anxious features in outpatients with major depressive disorder.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized classical test theory and item response theory on a large sample (N=3453) from the STAR*D study.
  • Assessed psychometric properties including internal consistency and correlations between the HRSD(ANX) and IDS-C(ANX).
  • Determined optimal score thresholds for identifying anxious features and evaluated individual item performance.

Main Results:

  • The HRSD(ANX) and IDS-C(ANX) showed a high correlation (r=0.75) and moderate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha=0.48 and 0.58, respectively).
  • Optimal thresholds for identifying anxious features were identified as 8-9 for HRSD(ANX) and 7-8 for IDS-C(ANX).
  • Item 17 (loss of insight) on the HRSD(ANX) negatively correlated with the total score and may be considered for deletion.

Conclusions:

  • Both the HRSD(ANX) and IDS-C(ANX) possess acceptable psychometric properties for clinical and research use.
  • These subscales are valuable tools for identifying anxious features in patients with major depressive disorder.
  • Refining the HRSD(ANX) by removing item 17 could potentially enhance its psychometric performance.