Its items are worded using standard and colloquial terminology, and responses are scored on a simple 4 choice scale. Article pdf available in international journal of current research. Dc,16 the beck depression inventoryadolescent bdia,17 the multidimensional child and adolescent depression scale,18 the short form of the reynolds adolescent depression scale,19 and the kutcher adolescent depression scale kads. Sf 2008 is used to assess and screen adolescents between 11 and 20 years old for depression and also assesses the severity of depressive symptoms. Interviews can be conducted with the child, parent, and teacher. A manual for health professionals published online. The interview style is semistructured, allowing room for the clinician to build rapport and trust with the child, parent, andor teacher. In the study 1, applying kads11 in 277 university students revealed a kads11. Postpartum major depression is a disorder that is often unrecognized and must be distinguished from baby blues. The childrens depression rating scalerevised cdrsr1 is nowadays one of the most frequently used instruments for the assessment of depressive symptomatology in minors in the context of clinical trials.
Contribution to the validation of the kutcher adolescent depression scale kads 6 in a portuguese population article pdf available in psicologia reflexao e critica 282. The sixitem kads may prove to be an efficient and effective means of ruling out mde in adolescents. Sun life financial chair in adolescent mental health. Results also suggest staxi2ca can be used in indian context with slight modification. Selfreport instruments commonly used to assess depression in adolescents have limited or unknown reliability and validity in this age group. Adolescent was administered to 323 children in a survey study conducted in schools. Pdf the goal of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of kutcher adolescent. We here report on the psychometric properties of the kutcher adolescent depression scale kads, a recommended population and clinical screening tool for. Stan kutcher is a canadian senator and professor emeritus of psychiatry at dalhousie university. Rather than being used to diagnose depression, a depression rating scale may be used to assign a score. Contribution to the validation of the kutcher adolescent. A widely used selfreport depression symptom scale, the center for.
Participants completed the cesd and the promis depression scale pilkonis et al. Kutcher adolescent depression scale kads the kads was developed to assist in the public health and clinical identification of young people at risk for depression. Sun life financial chair in adolescent mental health the kads was developed to assist in the public health and clinical identification of young people at risk for depression. The bdiii correlates highly with clinician assessments of depression severity. Center for epidemiological studies depression scale for children cesdc the center for epidemiological studies depression scale for children cesdc is a 20item selfreport depression inventory with possible scores ranging from 0 to 60. Item kutcher adolescent depression scale kads wiley online. Center for epidemiological studies depression scale for. Normative data and validation in child psychiatry patients paramjit t. The kutcher adolescent depression scale kads is a widely used selfreport tool to diagnose and monitor clinical depression in adolescents. Parent family general screening pediatric intake form family psychosocial screen 21. The items may be answered yes or no, which is thought to be simpler than scales that use a fivecategory response set or other standard assessment scales. After translation and back translation of kads and conducting a pilot evaluation, two major studies were conducted to answer four main psychometric questions.
It was created by clinicians and researchers expert in the area of adolescent depression and the application of various scales and tools in clinical, research and institutional settings. The 11item version of the kads presented here is optimized for monitoring outcomes in adolescents 1217 years who are receiving treatment for major depressive disorder. A rapid screening test for depression in junior high. Contribution to the validation of the kutcher adolescent depression. The original geriatric depression scale gds was a 30item questionnaire timeconsuming and challenging for some patients and staff. Scale gds in 1986 to screen for depression in older adults. Along with feeling sad or irritable, it may seem that nothing is worthwhile and that things will never get better. Jul 26, 2012 the childrens depression rating scalerevised cdrsr is a widely used instrument for research on depression in minors. The phq9 is the nine item depression scale of the patient health questionnaire.
Journal of consult ing clinical psychology, 54, 653660. Participants were randomly selected from nine high schools in western oregon from 19871989. Method participants the participants were 87 students 33 males, mean age 28. Conceptualized in this manner, the genus denotes depression as a disorder with common characteristics of types or subtypes of depression.
Jerome a yesavage geriatric depression scale psychopharmacology bulletin 1988 24. Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology, 12, 1126. Use of the hamilton rating scale for depression and the. It was originally intended as rating scale for the age group from 6 to 12 years, but is also widely used in adolescents. Depressed mood gloomy attitude, pessimism about the future, feeling of sadness, tendency to weep 0 absent 1 sadness, etc. Sf is an abbreviated version of the reynolds adolescent depression scale2nd edition rads2, and items on the short form were selected from the original version. At the time of its initial development during 1999, the authors were aware of no other clinicianrated tools being available for. Kutcher was department head of psychiatry at dalhousie university, as well as associate dean of international health, and where he most recently held the sun life financial chair in adolescent mental health. This paper will present a detailed overview of this instrument.
The adrs is a useful, short, clinicianreport and selfreport scale to evaluate adolescent depression. Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology, 2002 summer. The newly developed adolescent anger is robust enough to assess anger expression and anger experience in high school children. Depression can stop kids enjoying the things they normally like doing, or taking part in their usual activities. No matter what your score is, you should seek help if you have any concerns about yourself or your loved ones. The kutcher adolescent depression scale kads is a selfreport scale specifically designed to diagnosis and assess the severity of adolescent depression, and versions include a 16item, a 11 item and an abbreviated 6item scale. Edinburgh postnatal depression scale 1 epds postpartum depression is the most common complication of childbearing. While there are many instruments available to measure depression, the geriatric depression scale gds, first created by yesavage, et al. These two instruments were then administered to 402 french speaking. To examine the psychometric properties of the adolescent depression rating scale adrs, a new measure was specifically designed to evaluate adolescent depression. Total score greater than five indicates probably depression.
Recommended severity score ranges are 0 minimal depression, 1419 mild depression, 2028 moderate depression, and 2963 severe depression. The use of the center for epidemiologic studies depression. Kutcher adolescent depression scale kads teen mental. Although it contains 21 areas, calculate the patients score on the first 17 answers. The nine items of the phq9 are based directly on the nine diagnostic criteria for major depressive. The hamilton rating scale for depression hrsd and the carroll selfrating scale csrs were compared in a study of 8 1 psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The dsrs was a validmeasure of depression but slightly less powerful with these patients than with children. The gds long form is a brief, 30item questionnaire in which participants. Please explain to the child that the scale is a way of getting to know how children really feel about things. The participation rate was 61% and comparisons between the 1980 census data and the recruited sample revealed no significant differences on gender, ethnicity, or parental education level. In order to discover possible age differences in rates and etiology, the definition and measurement of depression must be comparable across the ages to be studied. The kutcher adolescent depression scale mary ann liebert, inc. It was created by clinicians and researchers expert in the area of adolescent depression and the application of various scales and tools in clinical, research and.
Unlike a lot of diagnostic tests, this one does not assign any categories to ranges of scores. This selfrating scale was developed for children between the ages of 8 and 14 years of age. Comparisons across depression assessment instruments in. Depression was measured through the kutcher s adolescent depression scale 11 or kads11 brooks, 2004. The term depression is used as an equivalent to the genus and is modified by a term that is equivalent to the species of the binomial nomenclature. Screens for parental depression, substance use, domestic violence, parental history of being abused, and. In addition to the full 28item measure, the original. The birleson dsrs, a depression selfrating scale for children, was evaluated in a group of adolescent psychiatric inpatients and a communitybased group of adolescents. The possible re sponse levels for particular items are presented along the horizontal axes.
The kutcher adolescent depression scale kads is a psychological selfrating scale developed by dalhousie university professor of psychiatry stan kutcher, to assess the level of depression in adolescents. It also discriminated better between adolescents with and without depression than the hamilton depressive rating scale and the beck depression inventory bdi. Psychometric properties and diagnostic utility of the 11item. Influence of social media use on adolescent females perceptions of their body image. Psychometric properties and diagnostic utility of the 11. The screen is ideal in that it can be used in the community and acute and longterm care settings. Zung selfrating depression scale patients initials date of assessment please read each statement and decide how much of the time the statement describes how you have been feeling during the past several days. Assessment of its evaluative properties over the course of an 8week pediatric pharmacotherapy trial. The cdrs is derived from the hamilton rating scale for depression. Zung selfrating depression scale and depression status.
This questionnaire is the 6item kutcher adolescent depression scale kads6. It contains colloquial language, and a simple 4 tiered point system for grading. Measurement invariance and psychometric analysis of kutcher. Responses for the 28 items on the promis depression scale are endorsed on a 5point frequencybased likert scale with five response options that range from 0 never to 4 always within the past week. Kutcher generalised social anxiety disorder scale for. A depression rating scale is a psychiatric measuring instrument having descriptive words and phrases that indicate the severity of depression for a time period. The 11item clinicianreport and 44item selfreport versions of the adrs were developed from a qualitative phase involving interviews of experts and adolescents. He was appointed to the senate of canada on december 12, 2018. Kutcher generalized social anxiety disorder scale for adolescents kgsadsanwas designed specifically to serve as a measure of treatment outcome for adolescents with social phobia. Depression assessments such as the 4item geriatric depression scale are easy and quick to.
The kutcher adolescent depression scale kads ementalhealth. Depression was measured through the kutchers adolescent depression scale11 or kads11 brooks, 2004. We describe a new selfreport scale, the kutcher adolescent depression scale kads, designed specifically to diagnose and. The adrs demonstrated good internal consistency alpha cronbach coefficient. The kutcher adolescent depression scale was designed for teens ages 1217. With a newly devised 38item symptom checklist based upon dsm1i1 criteria for major affective disorder. At the time of its initial development during 1999, the authors were. A little of some of good part most of make check mark in appropriate column. The hamd is designed to rate the severity of depression in patients. Geriatric depression scale in various forms and languages public domain cornell scale for depression in dementia csdd pdf see page 8 center for epidemiological studies depression scale for children cesdc pdf ksads depression rating scale kdep pdf reynolds adolescent depression scale rads must be purchased. Where a score of more than five is indicated, a more. The childrens depression rating scalerevised cdrsr 1996 is a clinicianrated scale for assessing childhood depression in ages 6 through 12. Self reporting adolescent scale is in par with the. For side effects assessment use the short chehilkutcher side effects scale scks as illustrated on the next page.
Dissertation abstracts international section a, 74, social media and the media studies show influence selfesteem and depression in adolescent females. Hamilton depression r s hamd assessment psychology. The kutcher adolescent depression scale kads is a selfreport scale specifically designed to diagnosis and assess the severity of adolescent depression, and versions include a 16item, an 11 item and an abbreviated 6item scale. Appendix i kutcher adolescent depression ratina scale patient name kads date over the last week, how have you been on average or usually regarding the following items.
Pdf kutcher mount adolescent depression scale11 items kads11 is a diagnostic. The correlation of csrs and hrsd total scores in adolescents with melancholic major depression was 0. Feb 26, 2014 the childrens depression rating scale, revised cdrsr is used to assess depression in children and adolescents ages 618 using 17 different areas of assessment. Depression selfrating scale for children instructions. This survey is designed to provide a quick assessment of whether you might have signs and symptoms related to depression. Depression selfrating scale for children birleson 1978 instructions. Pdf psychometric properties and diagnostic utility of the 11item. Kutcher adolescent depression scale ages 1217 mental. Rather, it is meant to be assessed relative to a persons baseline score.
Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology, 337349. When used, an observer may make judgements and rate a person at a specified scale level with respect to identified characteristics. Jan 12, 2007 to examine the psychometric properties of the adolescent depression rating scale adrs, a new measure was specifically designed to evaluate adolescent depression. Depression affects the way we think, and how we see ourselves and our future. Later versions retain only the most discriminating questions. These two instruments were then administered to 402. The goal of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of kutcher adolescent depression scale kads 11item version in persian population. Give the scale to the child with the directions below. Convergence of childrens depression rating scalerevised. Visual summary of the diagnostic power of each kutcher adolescent depression scale item. The childrens depression rating scale, revised cdrsr is used to assess depression in children and adolescents ages 618 using 17 different areas of assessment. It is one of the most validated tools in mental health and can be a powerful tool to assist clinicians with diagnosing depression and monitoring treatment response.
The initial studies of kads were conducted on population. Antenatal depressive symptoms, a history of major depressive disorder, or. The plots show the proportion of respon dents who met the major depressive episode criteria. Phq9 depression scale university of washington aims center. Reliability and validity of the eleven item kutcher.