Translating the BDI and BDI-II into the HAMD and vice versa with equipercentile linking

Toshi A. Furukawa; Mirjam Reijnders; Sanae Kishimoto; Masatsugu Sakata; Robert J. Derubeis; Sona Dimidjian; David J.A. Dozois; Ulrich Hegerl; Steven D. Hollon; Robin B. Jarrett; François Lespérance; Zindel V. Segal; David C. Mohr; Anne D. Simons; Lena C. Quilty; Charles F. Reynolds; Claudio Gentili; Stefan Leucht; Rolf R. Engel; Pim Cuijpers

doi:10.1017/S2045796019000088

Translating the BDI and BDI-II into the HAMD and vice versa with equipercentile linking

Toshi A. Furukawa, Mirjam Reijnders, Sanae Kishimoto, Masatsugu Sakata, Robert J. Derubeis, Sona Dimidjian, David J.A. Dozois, Ulrich Hegerl, Steven D. Hollon, Robin B. Jarrett, François Lespérance, Zindel V. Segal, David C. Mohr, Anne D. Simons, Lena C. Quilty, Charles F. Reynolds, Claudio Gentili, Stefan Leucht, Rolf R. Engel, Pim Cuijpers

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AimsThe Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) are the most frequently used observer-rated and self-report scales of depression, respectively. It is important to know what a given total score or a change score from baseline on one scale means in relation to the other scale.MethodsWe obtained individual participant data from the randomised controlled trials of psychological and pharmacological treatments for major depressive disorders. We then identified corresponding scores of the HAMD and the BDI (369 patients from seven trials) or the BDI-II (683 patients from another seven trials) using the equipercentile linking method.ResultsThe HAMD total scores of 10, 20 and 30 corresponded approximately with the BDI scores of 10, 27 and 42 or with the BDI-II scores of 13, 32 and 50. The HAMD change scores of -20 and -10 with the BDI of -29 and -15 and with the BDI-II of -35 and -16.ConclusionsThe results can help clinicians interpret the HAMD or BDI scores of their patients in a more versatile manner and also help clinicians and researchers evaluate such scores reported in the literature or the database, when scores on only one of these scales are provided. We present a conversion table for future research.

Original language	English (US)
Journal	Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796019000088
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

Assessment
Beck Depression Inventory
Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression
depressive disorder
rating instrument

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Epidemiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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Furukawa, T. A., Reijnders, M., Kishimoto, S., Sakata, M., Derubeis, R. J., Dimidjian, S., Dozois, D. J. A., Hegerl, U., Hollon, S. D., Jarrett, R. B., Lespérance, F., Segal, Z. V., Mohr, D. C., Simons, A. D., Quilty, L. C., Reynolds, C. F., Gentili, C., Leucht, S., Engel, R. R., & Cuijpers, P. (2019). Translating the BDI and BDI-II into the HAMD and vice versa with equipercentile linking. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796019000088

Furukawa, TA, Reijnders, M, Kishimoto, S, Sakata, M, Derubeis, RJ, Dimidjian, S, Dozois, DJA, Hegerl, U, Hollon, SD, Jarrett, RB, Lespérance, F, Segal, ZV, Mohr, DC, Simons, AD, Quilty, LC, Reynolds, CF, Gentili, C, Leucht, S, Engel, RR & Cuijpers, P 2019, 'Translating the BDI and BDI-II into the HAMD and vice versa with equipercentile linking', Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1017/S2045796019000088

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