Resources
Harmony
If you are a researcher in need of harmonizing and comparing questionnaires, check out Harmony! This valuable tool can save you time and enhance the quality of your research. It is being developed by a collaborative team from the UK and Brazil (Dr. Hoffmann), and is funded by the Wellcome Trust (Data Prize).
See how it works:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEZppTBj1NI&ab_channel=Harmony
DSM-XC Calculator
The DSM Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure (DSM-XC) (https://www.psychiatry.org/getmedia/e0b4b299-95b3-407b-b8c2-caa871ca218d/APA-DSM5TR-Level1MeasureAdult.pdf) calculator allows for visualizing the change from the pre- to the post-test probability of 8 mental disorders. The user can select from the multiple psychopathological domains the DSM-XC measures, the adverbial framing that was used and if the test was positive or negative. The acompanying paper is currently under review. Estimates are based on the latest assessment of 22 years old of the 1993 Pelotas Birth Cohort.
PHQ-9 Calculator
The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 calculator, developed by our team, computes your standardized depression score, compared with the Brazilian population.The standardized score (T Score) is a measure that uses a method called Item Response Theory, based on the analyses of answers to the same questions by Brazilians in the National Health Survey of 2019 (Damiano et al. 2023 - https://doi.org/10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2945). This standardized score ranges from 0 to 100, with 0 to 50 representing no symptoms, 50 to 60 representing a few symptoms, between 60 and 70 as moderate symptoms, and above 70 as severe symptoms that warrant clinical attention for depression.