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Name:: Problem Behaviours Assessment - Short Form (PBA-S) - depressed mood severity score
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Definition:: The score for severity of average depressed mood change over past four weeks as part of the Problem Behaviours Assessment - Short Form (PBA-S).
Registration Status:: Qualified

Value	Code Name	Code Description
0	Absent	Absent
1	Questionable	Questionable
2	Low mood is present intermittently but does not interfere with everyday function	Low mood is present intermittently but does not interfere with everyday function
3	Subject feels sad much of the time and takes no pleasure from things that he/she usually enjoys, but may still be able to cheer up sometimes with a big effort	Subject feels sad much of the time and takes no pleasure from things that he/she usually enjoys, but may still be able to cheer up sometimes with a big effort
4	Subject feels sad and utterly miserable all day, takes no pleasure from things that he/she usually enjoys, does not cheer up anytime	Subject feels sad and utterly miserable all day, takes no pleasure from things that he/she usually enjoys, does not cheer up anytime
8	Unable to assess because condition too advanced (e.g. mute and immobile)	Unable to assess because condition too advanced (e.g. mute and immobile)

Designation:: Problem Behaviours Assessment - Short Form (PBA-S) - depressed mood severity score
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Definition:: The score for severity of average depressed mood change over past four weeks as part of the Problem Behaviours Assessment - Short Form (PBA-S).
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Document:: COPYRIGHT University of Ulm, Faculty of Medicine, EHDN Behavioural Phenotype Working Group (Version 1.4, February 2007). For enquiries, contact permissions@euro-hd.net A paper describing the reliability of the PBA-s (in English, Dutch and French) based on data from the TRACK-HD study is in preparation and will be submitted shortly. Craufurd D, Thompson J, Snowden JS. Behavioural changes in Huntington's disease: the Problem Behaviours Assessment. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioural Neurology 2001; 14 (4): 219-226.