Review Article

Depression and Psychological Trauma: An Overview Integrating Current Research and Specific Evidence of Studies in the Treatment of Depression in Public Mental Health Services in Chile

Table 2

Average scores in Hamilton, OQ 45 and PTO 8 between 81 women with severe depression and childhood trauma and 49 women with severe depression and without childhood trauma [77].

TestAverage with traumaDSAverage without traumaDS

Marshall14.171.341.571.3710.320.01
Hamilton D234.676.2424.029.577.590.01
OQ 1 total3115.0420.084.8431.66.580.01
OQ symptoms473.0812.256.5720.95.630.01
OQ Interpers. Rel.524.086.5915.868.636.0050.01
OQ 1 Social role618.026.0612.096.615.0960.01
PTO 8718.008.178.188.856.2640.01

Marshall scale: scores between 0 and 7 points according to childhood trauma events.
2Hamilton depression scale: scores between 0 and 63 points with higher scores indicating a greater severity of symptoms.
3OQ 45 global scale: scores between 0 and 180 points with higher scores indicating worse function.
4OQ 45 symptoms scale: scores between 0 and 100 points with higher scores indicating a greater severity of symptoms.
5OQ 45 interpersonal scale: scores between 0 and 44 points with higher scores indicating worse function.
6OQ 45 social role scale: scores between 0 and 36 points with higher scores indicating worse function.
7PTO 8 scale: scores between 0 and 32 points with higher scores indicating a greater severity of symptoms.