[QUICK INVENTORY OF DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMATOLOGY SELF-REPORT IN THE CLINICAL PRACTICE OF DEPRESSIVE PATIENTS].

Introduction: To determine the intensity of depressive disorder is helpful to make treatment decisions. The purpose of this study is to establish the correlation between the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Self-Report (QIDS-SR16) and Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), in order to measure the depression intensity in outpatients from two urban areas in Argentina.

Method: Over an 18-month period, 67 outpatients from the current clinical practice were included in the study.