Item response analysis of the inventory of depressive symptomatology

摘要

Background:Both the clinician (IDS-C30) and self-report (IDS-SR30) versions of the 30-item Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology have acceptable psychiatric properties and have been used in various clinical studies. These two scales, however, have not been compared using item response theory (IRT) methods to determine whether the standard scoring methods are optimal.