Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale Explained

The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale was designed by Duke University psychiatrist William W.K. Zung MD (1929–1992) to assess the level of depression for patients diagnosed with depressive disorder.^[1]

• 20–44 Normal Range
• 45–59 Mildly Depressed
• 60–69 Moderately Depressed
• 70 and above Severely Depressed

The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale has been translated into many languages, including Arabic,^[2] Azerbaijani,^[3] Dutch, German, Portuguese,^[4] and Spanish.^[5]

See also

• Diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry
• Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale

External links

• Zung Depression Scale - Online version

Notes and References

1. Zung . WW . 1965 . A self-rating depression scale . Archives of General Psychiatry . 12 . 63–70 . 14221692 . 10.1001/archpsyc.1965.01720310065008. 11059/13941 . free .
2. Kirkby . R . Al Saif . A . El-Din Mohamed . G . Validation of an Arabic translation of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale . . 25 . 3 . 205–8 . 2005 . 10.5144/0256-4947.2005.205 . 16119520 . 6147989 . 40112808 .
3. Web site: Zanqın özünüqiymətləndirmə depressiya cədvəli . az .
4. Chagas . Marcos Hortes Nisihara . Tumas . Vitor . Loureiro . Sonia Regina . Hallak . Jaime E.C. . Trzesniak . Clarissa . De Sousa . João Paulo Machado . Ricciopo Rodrigues . Guilherme Gustavo . Filho . Alaor Santos . Crippa . José Alexandre S. . Validity of a Brazilian version of the Zung self-rating depression scale for screening of depression in patients with Parkinson's disease . 42–45 . 16 . Parkinsonism & Related Disorders . 2010 . 1 . 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2009.07.010 . 19660977 .
5. Martínez . KG . Guiot . HM . Casas-Dolz . I . González-Tejera . G . Colón De Martí . LN . Applicability of the Spanish Translation of the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale in a general Puerto Rican population . Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal . 22 . 2 . 179–85 . 2003 . 12866143 .