Short-term variability of mood ratings in unipolar and bipolar depressed patients

The ability of depressed patients to assess their mood states is controversial. We devised a scale consisting of a global item and 23 multiple visual analog items based on the Carroll/Klein model of depression. Short-term reliability of self-ratings in 13 unipolar and 11 bipolar depressed patients w...

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Published in:Journal of affective disorders 1996-01, Vol.36 (3), p.107-115
Main Authors: Ahearn, Eileen P., Carroll, Bernard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Bipolar Disorder - diagnosis
Bipolar Disorder - psychology
Depression
Depressive Disorder - diagnosis
Depressive Disorder - psychology
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mood disorders
Pain Measurement - statistics & numerical data
Personality Inventory - statistics & numerical data
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychometrics
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reproducibility of Results
Self-rating
Short-term reliability
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Summary:The ability of depressed patients to assess their mood states is controversial. We devised a scale consisting of a global item and 23 multiple visual analog items based on the Carroll/Klein model of depression. Short-term reliability of self-ratings in 13 unipolar and 11 bipolar depressed patients was tested. Subjects completed the scale and were retested 1 h later. Global clinician and self-ratings demonstrated similar episode severity between the groups and global self-ratings were highly reliable at retest for both groups. Unipolar depressed patients demonstrated high retest reliability on individual items of the MVAS. Bipolar patients demonstrated greater variability of responses suggesting greater short-term mood fluctuation in bipolar patients.
ISSN:0165-0327
1573-2517
DOI:10.1016/0165-0327(95)00066-6