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A symptom questionnaire.
01 Jul 1987-The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (Physicians Postgraduate Press)-Vol. 48, Iss: 7, pp 268-274
TL;DR: The Symptom Questionnaire is a yes/no questionnaire with brief and simple items that contains state scales of depression, anxiety, anger-hostility, and somatic symptoms that are suitable for the measurement of distress and hostility in research and as a checklist in clinical work.
Abstract: The Symptom Questionnaire (SQ) is a yes/no questionnaire with brief and simple items. It contains state scales of depression, anxiety, anger-hostility, and somatic symptoms. It was developed from earlier versions to make the scales more sensitive for clinical research. The scales have been extensively validated. The psychometric properties of the SQ are somewhat different from those of similar scales. In double-blind, crossover studies, they tended to be more sensitive than other scales in discriminating between the effects of a psychotropic drug and placebo and were found to be highly sensitive in discriminating between distress levels of groups. In studies with small or moderately sized samples in which the sensitivity of scales is important or in populations that include subjects with poor verbal skills, the SQ seems to have advantages. The SQ is suitable for the measurement of distress and hostility in research and as a checklist in clinical work.
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TL;DR: An accurate and systematic assessment of treatment-resistant depression is a challenge to both clinicians and researchers, with the use of clinician-rated or self-rated instruments being perhaps quite helpful.
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...While the use of clinician-rated instruments is preferred (see below), it is more common for clinician to use clinician global assessments, often combined with self-rated instruments, such as the Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology –Self-Rated (IDS-SR) (Rush et al 1996), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in its original and revised version (Beck and Steer 1984), the Symptom Questionnaire (SQ) (Kellner 1987), or the Harvard National Depression Screening Day Scale (HANDS) (Baer et al 2000)....
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TL;DR: Quality of life is measured as physical and social functioning, and perceived physical and mental well‐being, and complications of diabetes are the most important disease‐specific determinant of quality of life.
Abstract: Quality of life is an important health outcome in its own right, representing the ultimate goal of all health interventions. This paper reviews the published, English-language literature on self-perceived quality of life among adults with diabetes. Quality of life is measured as physical and social functioning, and perceived physical and mental well-being. People with diabetes have a worse quality of life than people with no chronic illness, but a better quality of life than people with most other serious chronic diseases. Duration and type of diabetes are not consistently associated with quality of life. Intensive treatment does not impair quality of life, and having better glycemic control is associated with better quality of life. Complications of diabetes are the most important disease-specific determinant of quality of life. Numerous demographic and psychosocial factors influence quality of life and should be controlled when comparing subgroups. Studies of clinical and educational interventions suggest that improving patients' health status and perceived ability to control their disease results in improved quality of life. Methodologically, it is important to use multidimensional assessments of quality of life, and to include both generic and disease-specific measures. Quality of life measures should be used to guide and evaluate treatment interventions.
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...These include the Well-Being Questionnaire [18], the Pro®le of Mood States [19], the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90R) [20], the Mini-Mental Status Exam [21], the Kellner Symptom Questionnaire [22], and the Affect Balance Scale [23]....
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TL;DR: There is need for more methodologically sound studies that incorporate head-to-head comparisons of health care providers and significant others as proxy raters and employ well-validated quality-of-life measures and employ a longitudinal design in order to examine the effect of changes in patients' health status over time on the ability of proxies to provide valid quality- of-life assessments.
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Abstract: We examined the relationship between perceived emotional intelligence (PEI), measured by the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS), and psychophysiological measures of adaptive coping. The TMMS assesses perceived ability to (a) attend to moods (Attention), (b) discriminate clearly among moods (Clarity), and (c) regulate moods (Repair). Study 1 showed significant positive associations between PEI and psychological and interpersonal functioning. In Study 2, skill at mood Repair was associated with less passive coping and perceptions of repeated laboratory stressors as less threatening; Clarity was related to greater increases in negative mood, but lower cortisol release during repeated stress. In Study 3, Repair was associated with active coping and lower levels of rumination; Attention was associated with lowered cortisol and blood pressure responses to acute laboratory challenges. These findings suggest that psychophysiological responses to stress may be one potential mechanism underlying the relationship between ...
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...Physical Symptoms Physical symptoms were measured using the 23-item somatic subscale of the Symptom Questionnaire (Kellner, 1987)....
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TL;DR: The findings suggest that the syndrome of depression, hostility and anxiety in a woman complaining of amenorrhea, especially if associated with decreased libido and galactorrhea, can be a manifestation of hyperprolactinemia.
Abstract: In order to evaluate the relationship of psychological distress to hyperprolactinemia, 20 patients with secondary amenorrhea were evaluated by a semi-structured research interview and administered the Kellner Symptom Questionnaire. Group A (10 patients with amenorrhea and hyperprolactinemia) reported significantly more symptoms of depression, hostility and anxiety than group B (10 patients with amenorrhea and normal basal levels of plasma prolactin). Both groups were significantly more anxious, depressed and reported more somatic symptoms than a normal control group (n = 10). 6 of the 10 patients in group A reported decrease in libido, while this was found only in 1 of the 10 patients of group B. The findings suggest that the syndrome of depression, hostility and anxiety in a woman complaining of amenorrhea, especially if associated with decreased libido and galactorrhea, can be a manifestation of hyperprolactinemia.
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