caa a22 4500 38811116X CHVBK 20180307125353.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199903 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0924270800036358 doi S0924270800036358 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0924270800036358 A comparison of the ‘Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression' and the ‘Montgomery-Asberg Depression rating Scale' [Elektronische Daten] Een vergelijking tussen de ‘Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression' en de ‘Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale' Although the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) is the most frequently used rating scale for quantifying depressive states, it has been criticized for its reliability and its usability in clinical practice. This criticism is less applying to the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS). Goal of the present study is to investigate the reliability and validity, and clinical relationship between the HRSD and the MADRS. For 60 out-patients with diagnosed depression (DSM IV296.2x, 296.3x, 300.40 and 311.00), the HRSD and MADRS were scored at baseline and 6 weeks later by an independent rater according to a structured interview. Also the Clinical Global Impression (CGI) was assessed by a psychiatrist. Satisfying agreement was found between the totalscores (r= .75, p>.000 en r=.92, p>.000 respectively, at baseline and 6 weeks later). Furthermore agreement was found between the items of both scales, and these agree with the clinical impression. The reliability of the MADRS is more stable than the reliability of the HRSD (α = .6367 and α =.8900 vs α = .2193 and α = .8362 at baseline and at endpoint respectively). Considering the ease of scoring both scales in one interview and the widely international use of the HRSD, scoring both the HRSD and the MADRS to measure the severity of a depression seems to be an acceptabel covenant. Copyright © Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology 1999 HRSD nationallicence MADRS nationallicence agreement nationallicence reliability nationallicence HRSD nationallicence MADRS nationallicence overeenstemming nationallicence interne consistentie nationallicence Huijbrechts I.P.A.M. Haffmans P.M.J. Jonker K. van Dijke A. Hoencamp E. Acta Neuropsychiatrica Cambridge University Press 11/1(1999-03), 34-37 0924-2708 11:1<34 1999 11 NEU https://doi.org/10.1017/S0924270800036358 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0924270800036358 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huijbrechts I.P.A.M. NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Haffmans P.M.J. NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jonker K. NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- van Dijke A. NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoencamp E. NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Neuropsychiatrica Cambridge University Press 11/1(1999-03), 34-37 0924-2708 11:1<34 1999 11 NEU CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge