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J A Ramos-Brieva1, A Cordero-Villafafila
1Instituto Regional de Estudios, Consejería de Salud, O'Donnell, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
This paper investigates the reliability and validity of a Spanish version of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (17-item version) which has good concurrent (r = 0.82) and content (average frequency = 62%) validity. Inter-rater reliability (r = 0.99), split-half reliability (r = 0.89) and alpha reliability (r = 0.72) are acceptable. A Factor Analysis identified five factors accounting for 56% of total variance.
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