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The British Journal of Psychiatry 152: 660-664 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Validity and reliability of the Chinese Hamilton Depression Rating Scale

YP Zheng, JP Zhao, M Phillips, JB Liu, MF Cai, SQ Sun and MF Huang
Division of Biometrics, Hunan Medical University, China.

The reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the 17-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (CHDS) was assessed. Interrater reliability was excellent, the item total-score correlations were good, and the internal reliability was satisfactory. The concurrent validity was tested by correlating the CHDS score with the Global Assessment Scale score; the strong negative correlation found indicated that the CHDS reflects the overall level of disability. Five distinct factors were generated by principle-component analysis; these factors account for 52.4% of the total variance. Rigorous evaluation of the numerous translated scales being used in clinical and research settings of non- Western countries is important.


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