Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS)

Why Use

The QIDS can help objectify and rate the severity of a patient's depression.

When to Use

Patients who identify as depressed or who may be suffering from depression. The QIDS can also be trended over time to help providers and patients alike see trends like improvements in depressive symptoms over time.

Formula

Advice

Patients with depression should be provided with further resources and potentially referred to psychiatry, as well as be screened for emergency psychiatric conditions like suicidal ideation or psychosis.

More Information

QIDS Scoring Information: Collect responses to all questions. Use the highest score on any 1 of the 4 sleep symptoms (items 1 to 4). Use the highest score on any 1 of the 4 weight symptoms (items 6 to 9). Use the highest score on either of the 2 psychomotor symptoms (items 15 and 16). There will be one score for each of the nine depression symptoms. Add the scores of the of the 14 items as instructed above pertaining to the 9 depression symptoms (sleep, mood, weight, concentration, guilt, suicidal ideation, interest, fatigue and psychomotor changes) to obtain the total score. Total scores range from 0-27. Score interpretation: The higher the score, the more severe the depression. Scores ≤5 indicate no depression. Scores of 6-10 indicate mild depression. Scores of 11-15 indicate moderate depression. Scores of 16-20 indicate severe depression. Scores ≥21 indicate very severe depression.