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ArticleEpidemiology and psychiatric sciences2019

Translating the BDI and BDI-II into the HAMD and vice versa with equipercentile linking.

Toshi A Furukawa, Mirjam Reijnders, Sanae Kishimoto, Masatsugu Sakata, Robert J DeRubeis, Sona Dimidjian, David J A Dozois, Ulrich Hegerl, Steven D Hollon, Robin B Jarrett and 10 more

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Article in Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Toshi A FurukawaDepartments of Health Promotion and Human Behavior and of Clinical Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan.
Mirjam ReijndersDepartment of Clinical, Neuro-, and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4272-2576
Sanae KishimotoDepartment of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan.
Masatsugu SakataDepartment of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine/School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan.
Robert J DeRubeisDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Sona DimidjianDepartment of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
David J A DozoisDepartment of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Westminster Hall, London, Ontario N6A 3K7, Canada.
Ulrich HegerlDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Steven D HollonDepartment of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
Robin B JarrettDepartment of Psychiatry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
François LespéranceDepartment of Psychiatry and Addiction, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Zindel V SegalDepartment of Psychology, University of Toronto - Scarborough, Toronto, Canada.
David C MohrCenter for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Anne D SimonsDepartment of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
Lena C QuiltyCampbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Charles F ReynoldsDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, USA.
Claudio GentiliDepartment of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Stefan LeuchtDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München, Kkinikum rechts der Isar, Germany.
Rolf R EngelDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Ludwig-Maximillians Universität München, Germany.
Pim CuijpersDepartment of Clinical, Neuro-, and Developmental Psychology, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsThe Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) are the most frequently used observer-rated and self-report scales of depression, respectively. It is important to know what a given total score or a change score from baseline on one scale means in relation to the other scale.

methodsWe obtained individual participant data from the randomised controlled trials of psychological and pharmacological treatments for major depressive disorders. We then identified corresponding scores of the HAMD and the BDI (369 patients from seven trials) or the BDI-II (683 patients from another seven trials) using the equipercentile linking method.

resultsThe HAMD total scores of 10, 20 and 30 corresponded approximately with the BDI scores of 10, 27 and 42 or with the BDI-II scores of 13, 32 and 50. The HAMD change scores of -20 and -10 with the BDI of -29 and -15 and with the BDI-II of -35 and -16.

conclusionsThe results can help clinicians interpret the HAMD or BDI scores of their patients in a more versatile manner and also help clinicians and researchers evaluate such scores reported in the literature or the database, when scores on only one of these scales are provided. We present a conversion table for future research.

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AdultAgedDatabases, FactualFemaleHumansMajor Depressive DisorderMaleMiddle AgedPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSelf ReportSeverity of Illness IndexAssessmentBeck Depression Inventorydepressive disorderHamilton Rating Scale for Depressionrating instrument

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PMCPMC8061209

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