Relationship Between the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Montgomery-Ã sberg Depression Rating Scale in Depressed Elderly: A Meta-analysis

Although generalizability of findings into a broader population could be limited, and the authors could not assess concordance of changes of particular item constructs between HDRS and MADRS ratings, both ratings are comparable in assessing changes in overall depressive symptom severity in response to antidepressants in depressed elderly at aggregated group mean levels.