Psychometric properties of the Montgomery-Åsberg depression rating scale in severely obese patients
Span. j. psychol
; 18: e69.1-e69.8, 2015. tab, ilus
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Obesity is a chronic condition worldwide and has frequent association with major depression. The Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) was applied to obese patients in order to detect briefly and systematically depressive symptoms. The objectives were to estimate the reliability of the MADRS and to investigate the criterion validity of MADRS. The best cut-off point to detect depressive symptoms was determined in comparison with the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Diagnosis (SCID-I). The sample was recruited consecutively from the waiting list of a bariatric surgery service of the university clinic. Trained clinical psychologists applied the assessment instruments. The final sample was comprised of 374 class III obese adults (women 79.9 %, mean age 43.3 years [SD 11.6], mean body mass index 47.0 kg/m2 [SD 7.1]). The mean total score of the MADRS was 7.73 (SD 11.33) for the total sample, with a Cronbachs alpha coefficient of .93. Women presented higher mean score than men (8.08 versus 6.33; p = .23). The best cut-off point was 13/14 in accordance with the Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) curve analysis, yielding a sensitivity of .81 and specificity of .85. The overall ability to discriminate depression according to area under the curve was .87. The results showed that the MADRS is a reliable and valid scale to detect depressive symptoms among patients seeking treatment in preoperative period, displaying adequate psychometric properties (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
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Psychometrics
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Depression
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Bariatric Surgery
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Obesity
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Span. j. psychol
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade de São Paulo/Brazil