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Normative data for the HADS from a large non-clinical sample
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OBJECTIVES: To provide normative data for the Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS). DESIGN: Repeated measures and correlational. METHODS: The HADS was administered to a non-clinical sample, broadly representative of the general adult UK population (N = 1792) in terms of the distributions of age, gender and occupational status. Correlational analysis was used to determine the influence of demographic variables on HADS scores. RESULTS: Demographic variables had only very modest influences on HADS scores. The reliability of the HADS is acceptable; the Anxiety and Depression scales are moderately correlated (.53). Tables to convert raw scores to percentiles are presented for females and males. CONCLUSIONS: The present normative data allow clinicians to assess the rarity of a given HADS score, and thus provide a useful supplement to existing cut-off scores.
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“The proportions of the current sample meeting the criteria for moderate-severe levels of symptoms for anxiety (n = 11, 10.1%) and depression (n = 8, 7.1%) were higher than those reported by Crawford et al. in their large, community, non-clinical sample of males (8% and 2%, respectively).”
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“Scores of 11 or higher on each sub-scale of the HADS are recognized to suggest moderate to severe anxiety or depression (Crawford et al. 2001).”
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“However, even in very large non-clinical samples, the distribution of scores on common mood questionnaires can still be positively skewed (Crawford et al ., 2001).”
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“Overall the baseline HADS-Total mean 19.20 (SD = 6.18) was high, as compared to a non-clinical Australian community sample mean 9.82 (SD = 5.98) (Crawford et al., 2001).”
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“a recommended cut-off score for clinical levels of depression suggested at 10/11 (Crawford, Henry, Crombie, & Taylor, 2001).”
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“In relation to the small change in depression scores, the small effect may not necessarily be due to a lack of treatment effect, but possibly because of relatively moderate levels of depression presented by the current sample, with a pre-intervention mean scores of 6.75, and a recommended cut-off score for clinical levels of depression suggested at 10/11 (Crawford, Henry, Crombie, & Taylor, 2001).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Crawford, J. R., Henry, J. D., Crombie, C., & Taylor, E. P.
- Affiliations
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Crawford, J. R.
- Venue
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2001-11
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 429-434
- ISSN
- 0144-6657 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8260
- OpenAlex
- W2014718757
- Cited by
- 815
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- FWCI
- 8.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Keywords
- reference values, anxiety, depression, non-clinical population, scoring reliability, cut-off values
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anxiety, Depression, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Reference Values, Reproducibility of Results
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