The Depression Self-Rating Scale, abbreviated as SDS, reflects a patient’s subjective depressive status and is widely used in outpatient screening for depression. The scale contains 20 questions, which are.
1. I feel depressed.
2. I feel good in the morning.
3. I want to cry or feel like crying.
4. I do not sleep well at night.
5. I eat as much as usual.
6. I have normal sexual function.
7. I feel that I have lost weight.
8. I am bothered by constipation.
9. My heart beats faster than usual.
10. I feel tired for no reason.
11.My mind is as clear as usual.
12. I do not feel difficulty in doing things as usual.
13.I am restless and cannot stay calm.
14.I feel hopeful about the future.
15.I get irritated more easily than usual.
16, I find it easy to make any decision.
17.I feel useful and indispensable.
18.My life is meaningful.
19. if I were to die, others would have a better life
20, I still like the things I usually like.
The 20 questions were asked to find out which of the four categories of “constantly, often, sometimes, none, or occasionally” the patient had been feeling about the above issues in the past week. Each question was assigned a score, and the total score was summed to obtain a crude score, which was multiplied by 1.25 to obtain a standard score, the higher the score, the more severe the symptoms.