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Title: | Clarification of the cut-off score for Zung's self-rating depression scale | Contributor(s): | Dunstan, Debra A (author)![]() |
Publication Date: | 2019-06-11 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1186/s12888-019-2161-0 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29745 | Abstract: | Background: Zung’s Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) is an established norm-referenced screening measure used to identify the presence of depressive disorders in adults. Despite widespread usage, issues exist concerning the recommended cut-off score for a positive diagnosis. First, confusion arising from the conversion of raw scores to index scores had resulted in a considerably higher cut-off score than that recommended being used by many researchers. Second, research in China [Chin J Nervous Mental Dis. 12:267-268; 2009] and Australia [BMC Psychiatry. 17:329; 2017] had suggested that the current recommended cut-off is lower than ideal, at least in those countries. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | BMC Psychiatry, v.19, p. 1-7 | Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1471-244X | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520302 Clinical psychology | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920410 Mental Health | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200409 Mental health | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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