At a glance
What it is:
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale is a screening device for measuring the severity of anxiety and depression separately.
Who it’s for:
All ages from adolescent upwards. It can be used with hospital outpatients, primary care and community settings. It is used by researchers and clinicians.
Authors:
Dr Philip Snaith & Anthony S Zigmond
Format:
Introduction
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a rapid self-report questionnaire which measures depression and generalised anxiety. It is equally useful in hospital, out-patient and community settings.
Benefits
- Contains an easy-to-use questionnaire, which allows you to establish the presence and severity of both anxiety and depression simultaneously, whilst giving a separate score for each
- Gives cut-off points to indicate whether someone is ‘within the normal range’, or in a ‘mildly’, ‘moderately’ or ‘severely’ disordered state
- The manual contains two scales that give an estimate of irritable mood disorders and help identify particular areas of anxious concern
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