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Depression Scale (DEPS) in schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Huttunen J.,
Taiminen T.,
Kähkönen J.,
Tuominen K.,
Salokangas R. K. R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1999.tb00979.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , gold standard (test) , psychology , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , scale for the assessment of negative symptoms , medicine , psychosis , negative symptom , cartography , economics , macroeconomics , geography
Objective: To explore the applicability of the Depression Scale (DEPS), a screening instrument for detecting depression in primary health care, in schizophrenia. Method The DEPS was compared with the Calgary Depression Scale (CDS) among 63 patients with schizophrenia. Results: Using the CDS as a gold standard, the positive and negative predictive values of the DEPS for the diagnosis of depression were 41 % and 97%, respectively. The correlation between the total CDS scores and the total DEPS scores was 0.73. Conclusion: The DEPS appears to be useful for screening depression among schizophrenic patients, but the positive diagnosis must he confirmed with a clinical interview.