Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale

The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale was designed by Duke University psychiatrist William W.K. Zung MD (1929-1992) to assess the level of depression for patients diagnosed with depressive disorder.[1]

The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale is a short self-administered survey to quantify the depressed status of a patient. There are 20 items on the scale that rate the affective, psychological and somatic symptoms associated with depression.

There are ten positively worded and ten negatively worded questions. Each question is scored on a scale of 1 through 4 (based on these replies: "a little of the time", "some of the time", "good part of the time", "most of the time").

Scores on the test range from 20 through 80. The scores fall into four ranges:

The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale has been translated into many languages, including Arabic,[2] Azerbaijani,[3] Dutch, German, Portuguese,[4] and Spanish.[5]

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  1. ↑ Zung, WW (1965). "A self-rating depression scale". Archives of General Psychiatry 12: 63–70. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1965.01720310065008. PMID 14221692.
  2. ↑ Kirkby, R; Al Saif, A; El-Din Mohamed, G (2005). "Validation of an Arabic translation of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale". Annals of Saudi Medicine 25 (3): 205–8. PMID 16119520.
  3. ↑ Zanqın özünüqiymətləndirmə depressiya cədvəli http://www.mentalhealth.az/default.aspx?m=Test&id=4&l=1
  4. ↑ Chagas, Marcos Hortes Nisihara; Tumas, Vitor; Loureiro, Sonia Regina; Hallak, Jaime E.C.; Trzesniak, Clarissa; De Sousa, João Paulo Machado; Ricciopo Rodrigues, Guilherme Gustavo; Filho, Alaor Santos; Crippa, José Alexandre S. (2010). "Validity of a Brazilian version of the Zung self-rating depression scale for screening of depression in patients with Parkinson's disease☆". Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 16: 42–45. doi:10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.07.010.
  5. ↑ Martínez, KG; Guiot, HM; Casas-Dolz, I; González-Tejera, G; Colón De Martí, LN (2003). "Applicability of the Spanish Translation of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale in a general Puerto Rican population". Puerto Rico health sciences journal 22 (2): 179–85. PMID 12866143.
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