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Evaluation of the hospital anxiety and depression scale as a screening instrument in geriatric medical inpatients
Author(s) -
Davies Keren Nicola,
Burn Wendy Katherine,
McKenzie Fiona Ross,
Brothwell Judith Ann,
Wattis John Philip
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930080209
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , geriatric depression scale , anxiety , geriatric psychiatry , medicine , hospital anxiety and depression scale , geriatrics , psychiatry , psychometrics , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , depressive symptoms , economics , macroeconomics , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) was developed as a screening instrument for use in medical patients. The depression subscale has been validated as a measure of severity in elderly depressed psychiatric inpatients. This study assessed its usefulness as a screening instrument in inpatients in a geriatric medical unit. One hundred geriatric inpatients were evaluated using the Geriatric Mental State (Community Version) to identify cases. The HAD lacked sensitivity and specificity in this situation.