A cross-cultural comparison study of depression assessments conducted in Japan

Table 1 MADRS individual item analysis for subject 1

MADRS item ^a	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Japanese raters
Mean			3.28	3.72	4.25	2.56	3.16	3.84	3.53	1.69
STD	0.88	0.63	0.99	0.58	0.51	0.91	0.57	0.51	0.80	0.59
US raters
Mean	3.83	4.00	3.39	3.39	4.04	2.43	3.83	3.39	3.43	1.83
STD	0.58	0.67	0.78	0.58	0.21	0.73	0.89	0.58	0.66	0.49
T value	−1.26	−1.58	−0.44	2.06	1.84	0.56	−3.40	3.04	0.47	−0.92
P ^b	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	0.013	0.037	ns	ns

^aMADRS items: 1 (apparent sadness), 2 (reported sadness), 3 (inner tension), 4 (reduced sleep), 5 (reduced appetite), 6 (concentration difficulties), 7 (lassitude), 8 (inability to feel), 9 (pessimistic thoughts), 10 (suicidal thoughts). ^bBonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. STD standard, ns not significant.

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