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Table 5 Methodological Quality of Each Article per Measurement Property and Instrument According to COSMIN Checklist

From: The assessment of depression in people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review of psychometric validation studies

PAPERS

Measure

Internal Consistency

Reliability

Measurement Error

Content Validity (Face Validity Incl.)

Structural Validity

Hypotheses testing

Cross Cultural Validity

Criterion Validity

Responsiveness

Mohr et al. (1997) [70]

BDI

-

-

-

Excellent

-

Fair

-

-

-

Moran & Mohr (2005) [39]

BDI

-

-

Fair

Excellent

-

Fair

-

-

Fair

Sullivan et al. (1995) [47]

BDI

-

-

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

Aikens et al. (1999) [24]

BDI-II

Fair

-

-

Excellent

-

Fair

-

-

-

Benedict et al. (2003) [36]

BDI-FS

-

-

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

Strober & Arnett (2010) [41]

mBDI

-

-

-

Excellent

-

Fair

-

-

-

Pandya et al. (2005) [43]

CES-D

-

-

-

-

-

Fair

-

Poord

-

Patten et al. (2005) [44]

CES-D

-

-

-

Excellent

-

Fair

-

-

-

Patten et al. (2010) [45]

CES-D

-

Fair

Fair

-

-

Good

-

-

Fair

Verdier-Taillefer et al. (2001) [48]

CES-D

Good

-

-

Excellent

Good

Good

-

-

-

Amtmann et al. (2014) [33]

CESD-10; PHQ-9; PROMIS-D-8

Poora

-

-

Fair

Fair

Fair

-

-

-

Sjonnesen et al. (2012) [46]

PHQ-9

Poorb

-

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

-

-

Beeney & Arnett (2008) [35]

CMDI

-

-

-

Excellent

-

Fair

-

-

Fair

Chang et al. (2003) [37]

CMDI

Fair

-

-

Excellent

Fair

Fair

-

-

-

Nyenhuis et al. (1995) [40]

MDI

-

-

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

-

-

Solari et al. (2003) [49]

CMDI

Fair

Fair

-

Excellent

-

Fair

Poorc

-

-

Honarmand & Feinstein (2009) [42]

HADS

-

-

-

-

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

Nicholl et al. (2001) [31]

HADS

-

-

-

-

-

Good

-

Good

-

Avasarala et al. (2003) [34]

YSQ

-

-

-

-

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

Mohr et al. (2007) [38]

Two-item measure

-

-

-

Excellent

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

Vahter et al (2007) [50]

One-item measure

-

-

-

-

-

Fair

-

Fair

-

  1. Notes: a This paper was rated poor due to not calculating internal consistency for each subscale separately. b This paper was evaluated poor for not assessing the unidimensionality of the measure, although we understand that might not have been the purpose of the study. c Multiple group Confirmatory Factor Analysis or Differential Item Function not performed/assessed. d No correlations or AUC calculated