Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) - Parqol

Description: The HADS is a screening tool for anxiety and depression ... The HADS scale and its manual can be purchased at the GL Assessment ... Skiptocontent HospitalAnxietyandDepressionScale(HADS) HospitalAnxietyandDepressionScale(HADS) ThePar-QoLteam 2018-07-25T14:26:29-04:00 HospitalAnxietyandDepression Scale(HADS) Description: TheHADSisascreeningtoolforanxietyanddepressioninnon-psychiatricclinicalpopulations[1].Itisthoughttotapintotheconstructofaffect[2]. Format: Thescaleconsistsof14items(7eachforanxietyanddepression).Eachitemisratedonafourpointscalerangingfrom0(notatall)to3(veryoften).Responsesarebasedontherelativefrequencyofsymptomsovertheprecedingweek. Scoring: Possiblescoresrangefrom0to21foreachsubscale.Ananalysisofscoresonthetwosubscalessupportedthedifferentiationofeachmoodstateintofourranges:‘mildcases’(scores8-10),‘moderatecases’(scores11-15),and‘severecases’(scores16orhigher). AdministrationandBurden: Interviewer-administered;Approximately5minutestocomplete. PsychometricsforSCI: FortheSCIpopulation,theinternalconsistencyhasbeenfoundtobeexcellentfortheanxietyscale(α=.85),andadequateforthedepressionscale(α=.79)[3].Theanxietysubscalehasadequatevalidity,whereasthatofthedepressionscaleisexcellentwhencorrelatedwiththeLifeSatisfactionQuestionnaire(LSQ;r=-.42fortheanxietyscaleandr=-.66forthedepressionscale)[4]. Languages: TheHADShasbeentranslatedintoallmajorEuropeanlanguagesinadditiontoArabic,Hebrew,Chinese,Japanese,andUrdu. QoLConcept: TheHADSassessespresenceofdepressionandanxiety,andisarguablyameasureofAffect,whichcorrespondsto BoxE (subjectiveevaluationsandreactions)on Dijker’sModel. Permissions/WheretoObtain: Copyrighted;TheHADSscaleanditsmanualcanbepurchasedattheGLAssessmentwebsiteat: http://shop.gl-assessment.co.uk/home.php?cat=417.   **CLICKONTHELISTEDSECONDARYHEALTHCONDITIONSONTHERIGHTTOREADHOWTHE HADSHASBEENUSEDWITHAPARTICULARCONDITION**   References: ZigmondAS,SnaithRP.TheHospitalAnxietyandDepressionScale.ActaPsychiatrScand1983;67:361-70. CrawfordJR,HenryJD.ThePositiveandNegativeAffectSchedule(PANAS):Constructvalidity,measurementpropertiesandnormativedatainalargenon-clinicalsample.BrJClinPsych2004;43:245-65. HeinrichRK,TateDG. LatentvariablestructureoftheBriefSymptomInventoryinasampleofpersonswithspinalcordinjuries. RehabilPsychol1996;41:131-47. WoolrichRA,KennedyP,TasiemskiT.ApreliminarypsychometricevaluationoftheHospitalAnxietyandDepressionScale(HADS)in963peoplelivingwithaspinalcordinjury.PsycholHealthMed2006;11:80-90.   QualityofLifeConceptsSecondaryHealthConditions