PANSS‐6: a brief rating scale for the measurement of severity in schizophrenia

Abstract

PANSS-6 is a short schizophrenia severity rating scale that adequately separates antipsychotic efficacy from that of placebo.

A Systematic Review of the Clinimetric Properties of the 6-Item Version of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D₆)

“…Furthermore, due to its brevity [62,80] and possibility for valid self-rating [81], HAM-D 6 appears to be an ideal tool for use in the measurement-based care of depression. Since HAM-D 6 has proven to be clinimetrically valid in both research and clinical practices, using the scale more consistently would facilitate translation of results from one setting to the other.…”

The Clinimetric Approach to Psychological Assessment: A Tribute to Per Bech, MD (1942–2018)

“…Indeed, he developed a number of rating scales that have been extensively used in clinical trials and practice by clinicians and researchers worldwide such as the Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholia Scale (MES) [2-4], the Bech-Rafaelsen Mania Scale (MAS) [5, 6], the WHO-5 well-being index [7, 8], and the Major Depression Inventory (MDI) [9, 10]. He also modified existing scales such as the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D) [11-13]; the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) [14] evaluating the central symptoms of anxiety; the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale [15]; and the Hopkins Symptom Checklist (SCL), the SCL-28 [16-19]. …”

The Items Predicting Non-Remission after 6 Months of Treatment of Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder Covered the Eysenck Neuroticism Components of Anxiety, Interpersonal Sensitivity and Depression

“…Because the total score of the EPI neuroticism scale at treatment baseline had a very limited standard deviation (approx. 4 [4]), we used the Rasch item response theory model to test for scalability [5] and not the Mokken analysis, which is based on correlation coefficients [6]. According to the Rasch analysis, the scalability is accepted if the χ 2 statistic is low and the p value is ≥0.01.…”