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Protocol - Depressive Symptoms - Adult

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Description

The Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms (QIDS) is a self-administered questionnaire; QIDS includes 16 items that capture the severity of nine depressive symptoms in the last 7 days. Each item is rated on a 4-point scale (0-3); total scores range from 0-27, with higher scores indicating more severe depression.

Specific Instructions

When using this protocol, please inform your Institutional Review Boards of these questions and institute a plan of action for dealing with suicidal thoughts in your respondent. It may be necessary to create a separate protocol for immediate action and/or referral.

Availability

Available

Protocol

Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms (QIDS)

Please indicate the one response to each item that best describes you for the past seven days.

1. Falling Asleep:

0[ ]I never take longer than 30 minutes to fall asleep.

1[ ]I take at least 30 minutes to fall asleep, less than half the time.

2[ ]I take at least 30 minutes to fall asleep, more than half the time.

3[ ]I take more than 60 minutes to fall asleep, more than half the time.

2. Sleep During the Night:

0[ ]I do not wake up at night.

1[ ]I have a restless, light sleep with a few brief awakenings each night.

2[ ]I wake up at least once a night, but I go back to sleep easily.

3[ ]I awaken more than once a night and stay awake for 20 minutes or more, more than half the time.

3. Waking Up Too Early:

0[ ]Most of the time, I awaken no more than 30 minutes before I need to get up.

1[ ]More than half the time, I awaken more than 30 minutes before I need to get up.

2[ ]I almost always awaken at least one hour or so before I need to, but I go back to sleep eventually.

3[ ]I awaken at least one hour before I need to, and can’t go back to sleep.

4. Sleeping Too Much:

0[ ]I sleep no longer than 7-8 hours/night, without napping during the day.

1[ ]I sleep no longer than 10 hours in a 24-hour period including naps.

2[ ]I sleep no longer than 12 hours in a 24-hour period including naps.

3[ ]I sleep longer than 12 hours in a 24-hour period including naps.

Enter the highest score on any 1 of the 4 sleep items (1-4 above) ____

5. Feeling Sad:

0[ ]I do not feel sad.

1[ ]I feel sad less than half the time.

2[ ]I feel sad more than half the time.

3[ ]I feel sad nearly all of the time.

6. Decreased Appetite:

0[ ]There is no change in my usual appetite.

1[ ]I eat somewhat less often or lesser amounts of food than usual.

2[ ]I eat much less than usual and only with personal effort.

3[ ]I rarely eat within a 24-hour period, and only with extreme personal effort or when others persuade me to eat.

7. Increased Appetite:

0[ ]There is no change from my usual appetite.

1[ ]I feel a need to eat more frequently than usual.

2[ ]I regularly eat more often and/or greater amounts of food than usual.

3[ ]I feel driven to overeat both at mealtime and between meals.

8. Decreased Weight (Within the Last Two Weeks):

0[ ]I have not had a change in my weight.

1[ ]I feel as if I’ve had a slight weight loss.

2[ ]I have lost 2 pounds or more.

3[ ]I have lost 5 pounds or more.

9. Increased Weight (Within the Last Two Weeks):

0[ ]I have not had a change in my weight.

1[ ]I feel as if I’ve had a slight weight gain.

2[ ]I have gained 2 pounds or more.

3[ ]I have gained 5 pounds or more.

Enter the highest score on any 1 of the 4 appetite/weight change items (6-9 above) ____

10. Concentration/Decision Making:

0[ ]There is no change in my usual capacity to concentrate or make decisions.

1[ ]I occasionally feel indecisive or find that my attention wanders.

2[ ]Most of the time, I struggle to focus my attention or to make decisions.

3[ ]I cannot concentrate well enough to read or cannot make even minor decisions.

11. View of Myself:

0[ ]I see myself as equally worthwhile and deserving as other people.

1[ ]I am more self-blaming than usual.

2[ ]I largely believe that I cause problems for others.

3[ ]I think almost constantly about major and minor defects in myself.

12. Thoughts of Death or Suicide:

0[ ]I do not think of suicide or death.

1[ ]I feel that life is empty or wonder if it’s worth living.

2[ ]I think of suicide or death several times a week for several minutes.

3[ ]I think of suicide or death several times a day in some detail, or I have made specific plans for suicide or have actually tried to take my life.

13. General Interest:

0[ ]There is no change from usual in how interested I am in other people or activities.

1[ ]I notice that I am less interested in people or activities.

2[ ]I find I have interest in only one or two of my formerly pursued activities.

3[ ]I have virtually no interest in formerly pursued activities.

14. Energy Level:

0[ ]There is no change in my usual level of energy.

1[ ]I get tired more easily than usual.

2[ ]I have to make a big effort to start or finish my usual daily activities (for example, shopping, homework, cooking, or going to work).

3[ ]I really cannot carry out most of my usual daily activities because I just don’t have the energy.

15. Feeling Slowed Down:

0[ ]I think, speak, and move at my usual rate of speed.

1[ ]I find that my thinking is slowed down or my voice sounds dull or flat.

2[ ]It takes me several seconds to respond to most questions and I’m sure my thinking is slowed.

3[ ]I am often unable to respond to questions without extreme effort.

16. Feeling Restless:

0[ ]I do not feel restless.

1[ ]I’m often fidgety, wringing my hands, or need to shift how I am sitting.

2[ ]I have impulses to move about and am quite restless.

3[ ]At times, I am unable to stay seated and need to pace around.

Enter the highest score on either of the 2 psychomotor items (15 or 16 above) ____

Total Score:____ (Range 0-27)

Scoring Instructions:

The total score is obtained by adding the highest score from items 1-4, the individual score for item 5 (sad mood), the highest score from items 6-9, the individual scores from items 10-14, and the highest score from items 15-16.

Please see Rush et al. (2003) for more detailed information on scoring and interpretation.

© QIDS copyright belongs to UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 2007

Personnel and Training Required

None

Equipment Needs

None

Requirements
Requirement CategoryRequired
Major equipment No
Specialized training No
Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection No
Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual No
Mode of Administration

Self-administered questionnaire

Lifestage

Adult

Participants

Adults, ages 18 and older.

Selection Rationale

The Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms (QIDS) was vetted against several other dimensional measures for depression and ultimately selected because it is free, easily administered as a self-reported instrument for ages 12 and above, and captures the general symptoms of depression.

Language

English

Standards
StandardNameIDSource
Human Phenotype Ontology Depression HP:0000716 HPO
caDSR Form PhenX PX121701 - Depression Adult 6911998 caDSR Form
Derived Variables

None

Process and Review

Expert Review Panel 4 (ERP 4) reviewed the measures in the Neurology, Psychiatric, and Psychosocial domains.

Guidance from ERP 4 included the following:

  • Added new measure
  • No changes to existing protocol

Protocol Name from Source

The Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms (QIDS)

Source

Rush, A. J., Trivedi, M. H., Ibrahim, H. M., Carmody, T. J., Arnow, B., Klein, D. N., Markowitz, J. C., Ninan, P. T., Kornstein, S., Manber, R., Thase, M. E., Kocsis, J. H., & Keller, M. B. (2003). The 16-item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS) Clinician Rating (QIDS-C) and Self-Report (QIDS-SR): A psychometric evaluation in patients with chronic major depression. Biological Psychiatry, 54, 573-583.

General References

Trivedi, M. H., Rush, A. J., Crismon, M. L., Kashner, T. M., Toprac, M. G., Carmody, T. J., Key, T., Biggs, M. M., Shores-Wilson, K., Whitte, B., Suppes, T., Miller, A. L., Altshuler, K. Z., & Shon, S. P. (2004). Clinical results for the patient with major depressive disorder in the Texas Medication Algorithm Project. Archives of General Psychiatry, 61, 669-679.

Protocol ID

121701

Variables
Export Variables
Variable Name Variable IDVariable DescriptiondbGaP Mapping
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Concentration
PX121701100000 What response best decribes you more
concentration/decision making over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Death_Suicide
PX121701120000 What response best decribes your thoughts of more
death or suicide over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Decreased_Appetite
PX121701060000 What response best decribes you have more
decreased appetite over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Decreased_Weight
PX121701080000 What response best decribes you have more
decreased weight over the past two weeks? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Energy_Level
PX121701140000 What response best decribes your energy more
Level over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Falling_Asleep
PX121701010000 What response best decribes you falling more
asleep over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Feeling_Sad
PX121701050000 What response best decribes you feeling sad more
over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_General_Interest
PX121701130000 What response best decribes your general more
Interest over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Increased_Appetite
PX121701070000 What response best decribes you have more
increased appetite over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Increased_Weight
PX121701090000 What response best decribes you increased more
weight over the past two weeks? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Restless
PX121701160000 What response best decribes you feeling more
restless over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Sleeping_Too_Much
PX121701040000 What response best decribes you sleeping too more
much over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Sleep_Night
PX121701020000 What response best decribes your sleep more
during the night over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Slowed_Down
PX121701150000 What response best decribes you feeling more
slowed down over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_View_Yourself
PX121701110000 What response best decribes your view of more
yourself over the past seven days? show less
N/A
PX121701_Depression_Adult_Waking_Up
PX121701030000 What response best decribes you waking up more
too early over the past seven days? show less
N/A
Psychiatric
Measure Name

Depression Symptoms

Release Date

November 28, 2017

Definition

A self-report questionnaire to assess symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD).

Purpose

This measure can be used to rapidly assess depressive symptoms and select cases and non-cases. Depression is a common disorder that demonstrates a familial pattern and is comorbid with other psychiatric disorders, including anxiety disorder, substance use disorders, and eating disorders. Additionally, certain medical conditions-such as diabetes, stroke, and heart disease-can increase the risk of depression. Some individuals who present with major depressive episodes may have a bipolar spectrum disorder.

Keywords

Psychiatric, depression, bipolar disorder, gerontology, aging, geriatrics

Measure Protocols
Protocol ID Protocol Name
121701 Depressive Symptoms - Adult
121702 Depressive Symptoms - Child
121703 Depressive Symptoms - Depression in Dementia
121704 Depressive Symptoms - Geriatric
Publications

There are no publications listed for this protocol.