A User's Manual is also included which provides scoring algorithms and psychometric properties. Patient Assessments . There is an optional three-item Patient Screener which can be used to identify patients who are likely to have MDD and thus should complete the full DOM assessment. The Short Form-36 questions are included in the patient assessments to monitor functioning. The Patient Follow-up Assessment also includes questions about treatment received outside the system as reported by patients.
Additional questions address drug and alcohol abuse and medical co-morbidities.
The Patient Baseline and Follow-up Assessments each require 25 minutes to complete. Clinician Assessment . Medical Record Review . The medical record review, an optional component, contains eleven items that may be retrieved from written or computerized medical records. Psychometric Properties .