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Quality of life measurements in major depression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

P Bech
P Bech*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Research Unit, Frederiksborg General Hospital, DK-3400Hillerød, Denmark
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Summary

In randomized clinical trials in patients with major depression quality of life is considered as an important dimension of treatment outcome in relation to clinical efficacy and safety. The internal validity, reliability, as well as external validity of quality of life scales have been analysed. It is concluded that such scales have their most appropriate applicability in medicine and long-term trials with antidepressants.

Keywords

quality of lifevalidityreliabilityassessment
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Research Article
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European Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 3: Issues of Concern in the Standardization and Harmonization of Psychotropic Drug Trials in Europe , 1996 , pp. 123 - 126
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1996

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