Open AccessThe Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in patients with systemic sclerosis: a psychometric and factor analysis in a monocentric cohort
Author(s) -
Alexandru Garaiman,
Carina Mihai,
Rucsandra Dobrotă,
Suzana Jordan,
Britta Maurer,
Jan Flemming,
Oliver Distler,
Mike Becker
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical and experimental rheumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1593-098X
pISSN - 0392-856X
DOI - 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/qo1ehz
Subject(s) - hospital anxiety and depression scale , medicine , anxiety , cohort , confirmatory factor analysis , depression (economics) , population , distress , cohort study , psychiatry , physical therapy , clinical psychology , structural equation modeling , statistics , mathematics , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
To evaluate the feasibility, validity, reliability, and responsiveness of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and to analyse its model structure in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).