Validation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for use with adolescents

British Journal of Psychiatry - Tập 175 Số 5 - Trang 452-454 - 1999
David J. White1, Corinne R. Leach, R Sims, Mark J. Atkinson, David Cottrell
1Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust, QED Department.

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BackgroundThe Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), developed for use with adults, has potential with adolescents.AimsTo test the HADS's validity with adolescents.MethodThe HADS was given to 248 schoolchildren and to 48 psychiatric outpatients and 38 deliberate self-harm inpatients aged 12–17, and validated against ICD–10 diagnoses for the out-patients.ResultsThe HADS has adequate test-retest reliability and factor structure, and discriminates between adolescents diagnosed with depressive or anxiety disorders and those without these diagnoses.ConclusionsThe psychometric properties of the HADS and its shortness make it useful for screening and in clinical settings with adolescents.

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British Journal of Psychiatry

Tập 175 Số 5

452-454

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