## Abstract Ninetyβfour 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 MontgomeryβAsberg scale. Lower, but still highly significant correlations
Evaluation of the hospital anxiety and depression scale as a screening instrument in geriatric medical inpatients
β Scribed by Keren Nicola Davies; Wendy Katherine Burn; Fiona Ross McKenzie; Judith Ann Brothwell; John Philip Wattis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 400 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
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β¦ Synopsis
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. KEY woms-Anxiety, depression, screening, hospital anxiety and depression scale, geriatric mental state.
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