Disease-specific properties of the Rating Scale for Depression in patients with stroke, Alzheimer's dementia, and Parkinson's disease.

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Title:	Disease-specific properties of the Rating Scale for Depression in patients with stroke, Alzheimer's dementia, and Parkinson's disease.
Author(s):	Naarding, P. ; Leentjens, A.F.; Kooten, F. van; Verhey, F.R.J.
Publication year:	2002
Source:	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, vol. 14, iss. 3, (2002), pp. 329-334
ISSN:	0895-0172
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.14.3.329
Publication type:	Article / Letter to editor
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item : https://hdl.handle.net/2066/185310
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Subject:	Psychopathology and changed brain functions Psychopathologie en veranderde hersenfuncties
Organization:	Psychiatry
Journal title:	Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Volume:	vol. 14
Issue:	iss. 3
Page start:	p. 329
Page end:	p. 334
Abstract:	To compare the psychometric properties of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (Ham-D) in patients with stroke, Alzheimer's dementia (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD), receiver operating characteristic curves were plotted for each group. The concurrent validity of the Ham-D with the DSM-IV criteria for major depressive disorder was high in each of these groups. However, optimal performance of the Ham-D requires the application of disease-specific cutoff scores for screening, diagnostic, and dichotomization purposes. These disease-specific cutoff scores were highest in PD, lower in AD, and lowest in stroke patients.