Validation of the Spanish Version of the Clinically Useful Depression Outcome Scale (CUDOS) Scale

Psychometric Validation of the Spanish Version of the CUDOS Scale (Clinically Useful Depression Outcome Scale) in Major Depressive Disorder

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01360307

Acronym

CUDOS

Enrollment

330

Registered

2011-05-25

Start date

2011-06-30

Completion date

2011-11-30

Last updated

2011-12-06

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Conditions

Unipolar Depression

Keywords

psychometric validation, major depressive disorder, patient-reported outcome

Brief summary

The Clinically Useful Depression Outcome Scale (CUDOS) is a brief, self-administered instrument that not only evaluates depressive symptoms but also both functioning and quality of life. The assessment of patients´ perspective may provide valuable information that could be lost if relaying only on clinician evaluation. The purpose of this study is to achieve a psychometric validation into Spanish of the CUDOS scale in patients with major depression disorder in a primary care setting.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Major depression disorder diagnosis according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) criteria in the last 3 months * Major depression disorder diagnosis according to Prime-MD criteria in the last 3 months

Exclusion criteria

* Be unable to understand and comply with the study requirements as judged by the investigator * Participation in another trial prior to enrolment into this study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Clinically Useful Depression Outcome Scale	up to 12 weeks after a diagnoses of a major depressive disorder	To analyze feasibility and reliability (internal consistency - Cronbach´s alpha) of the Spanish version of the scale

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
SF 36	up to 12 weeks after a diagnoses of a major depressive disorder	To analyze correlation in quality of life -item 18 of the CUDOS scale
Hamilton Depression Rating Scale	up to 12 weeks after a diagnoses of a major depressive disorder	To analyze convergent validity of the Spanish version of the CUDOS scale
Patient Global Impression Scale	up to 12 weeks after a diagnoses of a major depressive disorder	To analyze criterion validity of the Spanish version of the CUDOS scale
Social Occupational Functioning Scale	up to 12 weeks after a diagnoses of a major depressive disorder	To analyze correlation in functioning -item 17 of the CUDOS scale
Clinically Global Impression Scale	up to 12 weeks after a diagnoses of a major depressive disorder	To analyze criterion validity of the Spanish version of the CUDOS scale

Countries

Spain

Outcome results