ZUNG SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE - Medscape

1 ZUNG SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALEP atient s InitialsDate of AssessmentPlease read each statement and decide how much of the time the statementdescribes how you have been feeling during the past several little ofSome ofGood partMost of Make check mark (3) in appropriate timethe timeof the timethe time1. I feel down-hearted and blue2. Morning is when I feel the best3. I have crying spells or feel like it4. I have trouble sleeping at night5. I eat as much as I used to6. I still enjoy sex7. I notice that I am losing weight8. I have trouble with constipation9.

2 My heart beats faster than usual10. I get tired for no reason11. My mind is as clear as it used to be12. I find it easy to do the things I used to 13. I am restless and can t keep still14. I feel hopeful about the future15. I am more irritable than usual16. I find it easy to make decisions17. I feel that I am useful and needed18. My life is pretty full19. I feel that others would be better offif I were dead20. I still enjoy the things I used to doAdapted from Zung, A SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE , Arch Gen Psychiatry, 1965;12 as a service by 1997 Glaxo Wellcome Inc.

3 All rights in 1997 Glaxo Wellcome Triangle Park, NC 27709 Web site: this key for the value (1-4) that correlates with patients responses to each up the numbers for a total score. Most people with DEPRESSION score between 50 and 69. Thehighest possible score is little ofSome ofGood partMost of Make check mark (3) in appropriate timethe timeof the timethe time1. I feel down-hearted and blue12342. Morning is when I feel the best43213. I have crying spells or feel like it12344. I have trouble sleeping at night12345. I eat as much as I used to43216.

4 I still enjoy sex43217. I notice that I am losing weight12348. I have trouble with constipation12349. My heart beats faster than usual123410. I get tired for no reason123411. My mind is as clear as it used to be432112. I find it easy to do the things I used to 432113. I am restless and can t keep still123414. I feel hopeful about the future432115. I am more irritable than usual123416. I find it easy to make decisions432117. I feel that I am useful and needed432118. My life is pretty full432119. I feel that others would be better off1234if I were dead20.

5 I still enjoy the things I used to do4321 Adapted from : 1. Carroll BJ, Fielding JM, Blashki TG. DEPRESSION rating scales: a critical review. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1973; 28 Zung WWK. A SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE . Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1965;12 as a service by 1997 Glaxo Wellcome Inc. All rights in 1997 Glaxo Wellcome Triangle Park, NC 27709 Web site: TO SCORING THE ZUNG SELF-RATING DEPRESSION SCALE