Open AccessStructural Validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Among Family Members of Critically Ill Patients
Author(s) -
Grant A. Pignatiello,
Aloen L. Townsend,
Ronald L. Hickman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american journal of critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1937-710X
pISSN - 1062-3264
DOI - 10.4037/ajcc2021214
Subject(s) - hospital anxiety and depression scale , anxiety , medicine , clinical psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , distress , intensive care unit , depression (economics) , psychiatry , randomized controlled trial , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is commonly used clinically and scientifically among surrogate decision makers for critically ill patients. The validity of the HADS has been scrutinized, but its use among surrogate decision makers has not been examined.