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 inpati
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β Scribed by John Axford; Alexander Butt; Christine Heron; John Hammond; John Morgan; Azita Alavi; Jim Bolton; Martin Bland
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0770-3198
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD) as a measure of severity of geriatric depression. One hundred and one elderly patients with DSM-III-R non-psychotic non-bipolar major depression were rated by the interviewing psychiatrist on the Hamilton Ratin
## 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