Gallwitz A, Lehrl S
Arch Psychiatr Nervenkr (1970). 1978 Dec 14;226(3):215-27. doi: 10.1007/BF00341712.
Self-evaluation procedures are usually used to assess the severity of endogenous depression. In this respect, efficiency tests have hitherto been scarcely considered. A literary survey and our own empirical investigations suggest that self-evaluation procedures should mainly be used in mild and moderate endogenous depressions, and that these procedures give false results in severe and very severe depressions. Efficiency procedures seem not to differentiate well between 'normality' and 'mild depression,' but they become more reliable and valid for depressions of increasing severity. Self-evaluation and efficiency procedures should therefore not be substituted for each other; they should complement each other.
自我评估程序通常用于评估内源性抑郁症的严重程度。在这方面，效率测试迄今几乎未被考虑。一项文献综述和我们自己的实证研究表明，自我评估程序主要应用于轻度和中度内源性抑郁症，而在重度和极重度抑郁症中这些程序会给出错误结果。效率程序似乎无法很好地区分“正常”和“轻度抑郁”，但对于严重程度不断增加的抑郁症，它们会变得更加可靠和有效。因此，自我评估程序和效率程序不应相互替代；它们应相互补充。
