The depression-Arkansas scale: A validation study of a new brief depression scale in an HMO

Lawrence J. Walter; Joel F. Meresman; Teresa L. Kramer; Richard B. Evans

doi:10.1002/jclp.10137

The depression-Arkansas scale: A validation study of a new brief depression scale in an HMO

Lawrence J. Walter, Joel F. Meresman, Teresa L. Kramer, Richard B. Evans

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Abstract

Recent trends in mental-health care have increased the need for practical depression instruments. The Depression-Arkansas (D-ARK), a brief, economical, multipurpose instrument, has been validated for assessing major depressive disorder (MDD) and depressive-symptom severity. Psychometric properties of the D-ARK were compared with standard depression scales (Beck Depression Inventory and Geriatric Depression Scale) among 294 adult and 193 senior primary-care patients, respectively, and 163 patients enrolled in cognitive-behavioral depression classes. The severity scale displayed adequate internal reliability (coefficient α = .81-.86), high correlation with the BDI-2 (r = .78-.83) and GDS (r = .75), and similar factor structure to the BDI-2, The D-ARK was calibrated against the BDI-2 and GDS, providing familiar severity category cutpoints with the new instrument. This study yields further data supporting the reliability, validity, and practical utility of the D-ARK.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	465-481
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of clinical psychology
Volume	59
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.10137
State	Published - Apr 1 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Depression
Health-maintenance organization
Psychological tests
Psychometrics
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of results

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