Validation of the Oxford Depression Questionnaire: Sensitivity to change, minimal clinically important difference, and response threshold for the assessment of emotional blunting

Christensen, Michael Cronquist; Fagiolini, Andrea; Florea, Ioana; Loft, Henrik; Cuomo, Alessandro; Goodwin, Guy M.

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.07.099

Validation of the Oxford Depression Questionnaire: Sensitivity to change, minimal clinically important difference, and response threshold for the assessment of emotional blunting

BACKGROUND The Oxford Depression Questionnaire (ODQ) is a patient-reported scale for assessing emotional blunting in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). This analysis was undertaken to further validate the scale in patients experiencing emotional blunting while receiving antidepressant…