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Original Research

Psychometric validation of the Perceived Deficits Questionnaire-Depression (PDQ-D) instrument in US and UK respondents with major depressive disorder

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Pages 2861-2877 | Published online: 29 Oct 2018

Figures & data

Figure 1 Study design and selection of participants, including initial target for number of respondents.

Abbreviations: BL, baseline; LEAPS, modified Lam Employment Absence and Productivity Scale; MDD, major depressive disorder; MOS COG-R, Medical Outcomes Study Cognitive Functioning Scale-Revised-acute form; PDQ-D, Perceived Deficits Questionnaire-Depression; PGI-S, Patient Global Impression of Severity scale; PHQ-9, Patient Health Questionnaire-9; SDS, Sheehan Disability Scale; WPAI, Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire.
Figure 1 Study design and selection of participants, including initial target for number of respondents.

Figure 2 Subject disposition.

Abbreviation: MDD, major depressive disorder.
Figure 2 Subject disposition.

Table 1 Comparison of baseline demographic characteristics and baseline patient-reported scores for US and UK MDD samples

Table 2 Response frequency distributions and descriptive statistics for PDQ-D items at baseline

Table 3 Internal consistency reliability: PDQ-D scale-level properties at baseline for US and UK MDD samples

Table 4 Convergent validity: Pearson correlation coefficients between baseline PDQ-D subscale and total scores and baseline scores from other survey measures in the US and UK study populations with MDD

Table 5 Mean comparison across MDD and general populations for testing known-groups validity of baseline PDQ-D total and subscale scores

Figure 3 Known-groups validity: mean baseline PDQ-D subscale and total scores for the MDD and general populations: (A) US sample; (B) UK sample. *P<0.001 vs general population sample.

Abbreviations: MDD, major depressive disorder; PDQ-D, Perceived Deficits Questionnaire-Depression.
Figure 3 Known-groups validity: mean baseline PDQ-D subscale and total scores for the MDD and general populations: (A) US sample; (B) UK sample. *P<0.001 vs general population sample.

Table 6 Responsiveness to change: Comparison of mean changes from baseline in PDQ-D subscale and total scores for respondents with MDD as a function of their classification based on worsening, no change, or improvement from baseline to follow-up in PHQ-9 score