Table 3.

Depression-Screening and Diagnostic Instruments Assessed in the Studies

InstrumentAbbreviationLocation
Note: Spanish language versions of the principal screening instruments can be found at the Web sites shown or from corresponding authors for referenced studies.
Center for Epidemiologic Studies- Depression scaleCES-Dhttp://patienteducation.stanford.edu/research/cesdesp.pdf
Composite International Diagnostic InterviewCIDIhttp://www.hcp.med.harvard.edu/wmhcidi/instruments.php
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders- fourth editionDSM-IVhttp://www.psychiatryonline.com/referral.aspx?gclid=CKuFsOaR7JoCFQ9JagodtRYpCQ
Edinburgh Postnatal Depression ScaleEPDShttp://www.aap.org/practicingsafety/Toolkit_Resources/Module2/EPDS.pdf
Geriatric Depression ScaleGDShttp://www.stanford.edu/~yesavage/Spanish5.html
Geriatric Mental State ScheduleGMShttp://www.liv.ac.uk/gms/
Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating ScaleMADRShttp://www.cnsforum.com/streamfile.aspx?filename=MADRS.pdf&path=pdf
Mexican Health and Age StudyMHASAguilar-Navarro et al.32
Postpartum Depression Screening ScalePDSSBeck and Gable30
Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders, 9-item version (2-item version)PRIME-MD-9 (2)http://health.utah.gov/rhp/pdf/PHQ-9.pdf
Patient Health Questionnaire depression module, 9-item version (2-item version)PHQ-9 (2)http://www.depression-primarycare.org/clinicians/toolkits/materials/forms/phq9 http://www.docsfortots.org/documents/phqscreeningtool.pdf
Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM-IVSCIDhttp://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/scid/
The Schedules for Clinical Assessment in NeuropsychiatrySCANhttp://gdp.ggz.edu/scandocs/
Zung Self-rating Depression ScaleSDSAragonès Benaiges et al35