Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale

Depression Status Inventory. The Depression Status Inventory (DSI) scale is the professional s version of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). Each of the two scales (DSI and SDS) consists of the same 20 items rated on a four-point scale and is applied to adults with depressive symptomatology. The DSI is completed by the professional, and the SDS is completed by the patient. Both tests take about 5 to 10 minutes to complete. The DSI rates either the present situation or the last week prior to the test, and a total score is obtained. 

Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale. The SDS test requires approximately 5 to 10 minutes to complete. 

Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) Patient-rated 20-item scale, 4-point severity <50 normal 50-59 minimal-mild 60-69 moderate-marked >70 severe depression Severity rated by frequency of occurrence of symptoms. May not be as sensitive in measuring changes in severity of symptoms... 

Zung, W. W. K. (1965). A self-rating depression scale. Archives of General Psychiatry, 12, 63-70. 

Zung, W.W. The depression status inventory an adjunct to the Self-Rating Depression Scale. J. Clin. Psychol. 28(4), 539-543, 1972. 

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