The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale ÄÄÄ: A Simple and Rapid Instrument for Evaluation of Depression in Psychiatric Settings.

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale ÄÄÄ: A Simple and Rapid Instrument for Evaluation of Depression in Psychiatric Settings.

Authors

  • R KARIM
  • A SHAKOOR
  • I A K TAREEN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v4i2.3813

Keywords:

Hospital anxiety, depression, old age, HRSD.

Abstract

The utility of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) as screening instrument for depression in psychiatric settings in Pakistan was investigated Method: A two stage screening procedure involved the use of HADS against the lCD-10 Diagnostic Criteria for Research and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (NRSD). Results: Sensitivity for depression sub-scale of HADS was 95%, specificity 93%, false negative rate 5% and false positive rate 7%. A correlation of +0.39 (p<0.005) between scores of depression on RADS and HRSD was calculated. Conclusion: The HADS is a valid measure for screening ‘caseness’ of depression in psychiatric settings as well. It could usefully be employed by the researchers for rapid evaluation of depression among the psychiatric patients.

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08/26/2020

How to Cite

KARIM, R. ., SHAKOOR, A. ., & TAREEN, I. A. K. . (2020). The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale ÄÄÄ: A Simple and Rapid Instrument for Evaluation of Depression in Psychiatric Settings. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 4(2), 29–31. https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v4i2.3813

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