The Montgomery-ÃÆ'... sberg Depression Assessment Scale ( MADRS ) is a ten-item diagnostic questionnaire used by psychiatrists to measure the severity of depressed episodes in patients with mood disorders. It was designed in 1979 by British and Swedish researchers in addition to the Hamilton Assessment Scale for Depression (HAMD) that would be more sensitive to changes brought by antidepressants and other forms of treatment than the Hamilton Scale. Nevertheless, there is a high-level statistical correlation between scores on two measures.
Video Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale
Interpretation
Higher MADRS scores show heavier depression, and each item generates a score of 0 to 6. Overall score ranges from 0 to 60.
Questionnaire contains questions about the following symptoms 1. Real grief 2. Reported sadness 3. Tension inner 4. Reduced sleep 5. Reduced appetite 6. Difficulty concentration 7. Inaction 8. Inability to feel 9. Pessimistic thoughts 10. Mind suicide
The usual cutoff point is:
- 0 to 6 - normal/absent symptoms
- 7 to 19 - mild depression
- 20 to 34 - moderate depression
- & gt; 34 - Severe depression.
Maps Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale
MADRS-S
The self-rating version of this scale (MADRS-S) is often used in clinical practice and correlates well enough with expert judgment. The MADRS-S instrument has nine questions, with an overall score ranging from 0 to 54 points.
See also
- Comprehensive Psychopathological Assessment Scale
- Diagnostic classification and rating scale used in psychiatry
References
External links
- Automatically prints a digital version of MADRS
- Full version of Montgomery-ÃÆ'... sberg Scale Scale
- Side by side comparison of MADRS and HAMD from the US Food and Drug Administration
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