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Correlation between hospital anxiety depression (HAD) scale and other measures of anxiety and depression in geriatric inpatients
Author(s) -
Wattis John Philip,
Davies Keren Nicola,
Burn Wendy Katherine,
McKenzie Fiona Ross,
Brothwell Judith Ann
Publication year - 1994
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.930090113
Subject(s) - anxiety , depression (economics) , psychiatry , rating scale , psychology , geriatric depression scale , montgomery–åsberg depression rating scale , correlation , clinical psychology , hospital anxiety and depression scale , medicine , depressive symptoms , developmental psychology , geometry , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics
Ninety‐four patients on geriatric wards were examined as part of a study of prevalence of psychiatric disorders in elderly inpatients. A good correlation was found between depression measured on the HAD and on the Montgomery–Asberg scale. Lower, but still highly significant correlations were found between anxiety measured on the HAD and on the brief anxiety scale (BRAS), between anxiety on the self‐rating anxiety scale (SRAS) and the BRAS, and between anxiety on the HAD and the SRAS.