Establishing content validity of the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale.

IF 2.9 Q2 HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes Pub Date : 2025-03-11 DOI:10.1186/s41687-025-00860-x

Stephanie Bean, Rahul Dhanda, Christina A Graham, Deborah Hoffman, Mariam Rodriguez-Lee, Adrian Ionescu, Stella Karantzoulis, Sidney H Kennedy, Sakina J Rizvi

{"title":"Establishing content validity of the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale.","authors":"Stephanie Bean, Rahul Dhanda, Christina A Graham, Deborah Hoffman, Mariam Rodriguez-Lee, Adrian Ionescu, Stella Karantzoulis, Sidney H Kennedy, Sakina J Rizvi","doi":"10.1186/s41687-025-00860-x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Background: This study was designed to evaluate content validity of the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS), a patient-reported outcome measure, in adults with anhedonia in the context of major depressive disorder (MDD). To accomplish this, a conceptual model including the symptoms and impacts of anhedonia in the context of MDD was developed and refined through a targeted literature review, clinician interviews (N = 6), and participant interviews (N = 20).Results: Using the final conceptual model, an item mapping exercise was conducted for the DARS, demonstrating that it provided suitable concept coverage in this population. Cognitive debriefing of the DARS with participants demonstrated that it was generally well understood and clear.Conclusions: Overall, the study established that the DARS demonstrates content validity in adults with anhedonia in the context of MDD. Other measurement properties of the DARS will be evaluated in planned psychometric analyses.","PeriodicalId":36660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes","volume":"9 1","pages":"31"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11896914/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-025-00860-x","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Background: This study was designed to evaluate content validity of the Dimensional Anhedonia Rating Scale (DARS), a patient-reported outcome measure, in adults with anhedonia in the context of major depressive disorder (MDD). To accomplish this, a conceptual model including the symptoms and impacts of anhedonia in the context of MDD was developed and refined through a targeted literature review, clinician interviews (N = 6), and participant interviews (N = 20).

Results: Using the final conceptual model, an item mapping exercise was conducted for the DARS, demonstrating that it provided suitable concept coverage in this population. Cognitive debriefing of the DARS with participants demonstrated that it was generally well understood and clear.

Conclusions: Overall, the study established that the DARS demonstrates content validity in adults with anhedonia in the context of MDD. Other measurement properties of the DARS will be evaluated in planned psychometric analyses.

Abstract Image

查看原文

微信好友朋友圈 QQ好友复制链接

本刊更多论文

建立维度快感缺乏评定量表的内容效度。

背景：本研究旨在评估重度抑郁症（MDD）成人快感缺乏的维度评定量表（DARS）的内容效度，DARS是一种患者报告的结果测量方法。为了实现这一目标，通过有针对性的文献综述、临床医生访谈（N = 6）和参与者访谈（N = 20），开发和完善了一个概念模型，包括重度抑郁症背景下快感缺乏的症状和影响。结果：使用最终的概念模型，为DARS进行了项目映射练习，证明它在该人群中提供了合适的概念覆盖。参与者对DARS的认知情况汇报表明，它通常被很好地理解和清楚。结论：总体而言，该研究证实了DARS在重度抑郁症的成人快感缺乏中具有内容效度。DARS的其他测量特性将在计划的心理测量分析中进行评估。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文去求助

来源期刊