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Table 5 Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for HAMD, MADRS, BDI and the combined analysis. Tucker-Lewis index (TLI; good fi t ≥ 0.9), comparative fit index (CFI; good fit ≥ 0.9) and the root mean square error of approximation (RMSEA; good fit < 0.05; 0.05 ≤ reasonable fit ≤ 0.08)

From: A factor analytic comparison of three commonly used depression scales (HAMD, MADRS, BDI) in a large sample of depressed inpatients

Scale

Reference

Patients eligible

Factor number

p-value

CFI

TLI

RSMEA

HAMD

Shafer et al. 2006

1014

4

 < 0.0001

0,89

0,86

0,065

MADRS

Quilty et al. 2013

821

4

 < 0.0001

0,97

0,96

0,072

BDI

Shafer et al. 2006

990

3

 < 0.0001

0,91

0,90

0,068

All scales

Uher et al. 2007

755

3

 < 0.0001

0,68

0,67

0,087