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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

David White ,
Chris Leach ,
Ruth Sims ,
Michelle Atkinson  and
David Cottrell
David White*
Affiliation:
Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust
Chris Leach
Affiliation:
QED Department Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust and School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield
Ruth Sims
Affiliation:
Community Health NHS Trust
Michelle Atkinson
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, University of Leeds
David Cottrell
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, University of Leeds
*
Dr David White, Wakefield and Pontefract Community Health NHS Trust, QED Department, Trust HQ, Fieldhead. Ouchthorpe Lane, Wakefield WFI 3 SP
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Abstract

Background

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), developed for use with adults, has potential with adolescents.

Aims

To test the HADS's validity with adolescents.

Method

The 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.

Results

The HADS has adequate test-retest reliability and factor structure, and discriminates between adolescents diagnosed with depressive or anxiety disorders and those without these diagnoses.

Conclusions

The psychometric properties of the HADS and its shortness make it useful for screening and in clinical settings with adolescents.

Type
Papers
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 175 , Issue 5 , November 1999 , pp. 452 - 454
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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Footnotes

Declaration of interest

This work was supported by a grant from the National Health Service Executive, Northern and Yorkshire Region.

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