Non-randomised trial, 2008
Can the Sheehan Disability Scale measure whether treatments work?
Yes. The scale was able to tell the difference between treatments that worked and treatments that didn't in clinical trials.
What they did
Review of clinical trials using the Sheehan Disability Scale to measure functional disability in work, social, and family life. They searched PubMed from 1966 to March 2007 and included only double-blind controlled or large open-label trials treating anxiety, depression, or PMDD.
What they found
37 studies met inclusion criteria. All treated the scale as numeric and analyzed mean change scores. The scale performed well at discriminating between active treatments and inactive treatments, showing it is sensitive to treatment effects.
What it means for you
The Sheehan Disability Scale is a useful tool for measuring whether psychiatric treatments improve functional problems at work and home. The review is limited to published trials in English and from relatively recent decades.
37
studies reviewed
1966-2007
publication date range searched
About the study
- Original title
- Assessing treatment effects in clinical trials with the discan metric of the Sheehan Disability Scale
- Authors
- Sheehan KH, Sheehan DV
- Journal
- International clinical psychopharmacology
- Year
- 2008
- Study design
- Non-randomised trial
- Participants
- 20
- What was tested
- Various psychiatric treatments (measured by Sheehan Disability Scale)
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1097/yic.0b013e3282f2b4d6
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