Open AccessInterpreting scores on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
Author(s) -
Andrews Gavin,
Slade Tim
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2001.tb00310.x
Subject(s) - normative , psychological distress , scale (ratio) , mental health , distress , clinical psychology , psychology , population , epidemiology , psychiatry , clinical practice , medicine , environmental health , family medicine , philosophy , physics , epistemology , quantum mechanics
Abstract Objective: To provide normative data on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10), a scale that is being increasingly used for clinical and epidemiological purposes. Method: The National Survey of Mental Health And Well‐Being was used to provide normative comparative data on symptoms, disability, service utilisation and diagnosis for the range of possible K10 scores. Results: The K10 is related in predictable ways to these other measures. Implications: The K10 is suitable to assess morbidity in the population, and may be appropriate for use in clinical practice.