Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology - Self-Report.
QIDS-SR16
- What it measures
- Severity of the nine DSM-IV MDD criterion-symptom domains (sad mood, concentration, self-criticism, suicidal ideation, interest, energy, sleep, appetite/weight, psychomotor); derived from the IDS
- Length and format
- 16 (scored to 9 domains). 4-point (0-3); domain-max scoring; total 0-27 (self-report questionnaire)
- Language versions
- Many languages incl. ZH, ES, JA, DE, NL, KO and others (validated internationally)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Rush, A. J., Trivedi, M. H., Ibrahim, H. M., et al. (2003). The 16-item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS), Clinician Rating (QIDS-C), and Self-Report (QIDS-SR): a psychometric evaluation in patients with chronic major depression. Biological Psychiatry, 54(5), 573-583.
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