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Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

Snaith RP; Zigmond AS

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Basic description

Developed in 1983

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Authors

Snaith RP; Zigmond AS

Copyright
HADS copyright © R.P. Snaith and A.S. Zigmond, 1983, 1992, 1994. Record form items originally published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 67, 361–70, copyright © Munksgaard International Publishers Ltd, Copenhagen, 1983.
Published by GL Assessment Limited, 1st Floor Vantage London, Great West Road, London TW8 9AG, UK. All rights reserved. GL Assessment is part of the GL Education Group.
Objective
To detect states of anxiety and depression
Therapeutic area
  • Nervous System Diseases
  • Mental Disorders
  • Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Therapeutic indication
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Depression
Type of Clinical Outcome Assessment (COA)
  • pro PRO
Original language(s)
  • English for the UK
Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Snaith RP. The Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 2003 Aug, 1:29 (Full text article)

White D, Leach C, Sims R, Atkinson M, Cottrell D. Validation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for use with adolescents. Br J Psychiatry. 1999 Nov;175:452-4

Herrmann C. International experiences with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - a review of validation data and clinical results. Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1997;42(1):17-41

Zigmond AS, Snaith RP. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1983;67:361-370

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Authors

Snaith RP; Zigmond AS

Snaith RP Publications (PubMed)
Zigmond AS Publications (PubMed)

Contact information

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A license agreement must be completed beforehand and a user fee is required to all users (commercial, healthcare organizations and academic users).

Please contact:

GL Assessment Ltd.
1st Floor Vantage London
Great West Road
London TW8 9AG
United Kingdom
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Website: www.gl-assessment.co.uk

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Languages

Original language(s)

  • English for the UK

Translations

The list of available translations is subject to constant changes and may not be exhaustive. It is provided for information only. Some recently produced translations may not be included in the list below yet. Please do check the status of available translations with Mapi Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.

Also, the listed translations may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.

HADS

Afrikaans for South Africa*
Albanian for Albania
Arabic for Dubai*
Arabic for Egypt*
Arabic for Israel*
Arabic for Lebanon
Arabic for Morocco*
Arabic for Saudi Arabia*
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English for Singapore*
English for South Africa*
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Georgian for Georgia*
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Romanian for Romania*
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Tamil for Malaysia*
Tamil for Singapore*
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Turkish for Turkey*
Ukrainian for Ukraine*
Urdu for India*
Welsh for Wales
Xhosa for South Africa*
Yoruba for Nigeria
Zulu for South Africa*
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Note: The copyright in the German version of the HADS is held by Verlag Hans Huber (contact Sylvia Schlutius or Daniel Ebneter, CEO), Bern, Switzerland. Additional information on: http://www.testzentrale.de/

BiblioPRO: you can find information about the Spanish version here - puede encontrar información sobre la versión española aqui

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Bibliographic references of the Arabic translation:

El-Rufaie OE, Absood GH. Retesting the validity of the Arabic version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HADS) scale in primary health care. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 1995 Jan;30(1):26-31

El-Rufaie, O.E.F. and Absood, G.H. Re-testing the validity of the Arabic version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HADS) Scale in primary health care. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 1995; 30, 26-31.

Malasi TH, Mirza IA, el-Islam MF. Validation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Arab patients. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1991 Oct;84(4):323-6

El-Rufaie, O.E.F.A. and Absood, G. (1987). Validity Study of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale among a Group of Saudi Patients. British Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 678-688

Bibliographic references of the Chinese translation:

Leung CM, Wing YK, Kwong PK et al. Validation of the Chinese-Cantonese version of the hospital anxiety and depression scale and comparison with the Hamilton Rating Scale of Depression. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1999 Dec;100(6):456-61

Leung CM, Ho S, Kan CS et al. Evaluation of the Chinese version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. A cross-cultural perspective. Int J Psychosom. 1993;40(1-4):29-34

Bibliographic reference of the German translation:

Herrmann C, Scholz KH, Kreuzer H. [Psychologic screening of patients of a cardiologic acute care clinic with the German version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale]. Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol. 1991 Feb;41(2):83-92. In German

For information on, or permission to use the German translation, please contact:

Verlag Hans Huber (contact Sylvia Schlutius)
Langgasstrasse 76
CH-3000
Berlin 9
Germany
Phone: 00 41 (0) 31 300 4587
Fax: 00 41 (0) 31 300 4590
E-mail: sylvia.schlutius@hogrefe.ch

Bibliographic reference of the Greek translation:

Chatzitheodorou D, Kabitsis C, Papadopoulos NG, Galanopoulou V. Assessing disability in patients with rheumatic diseases: translation, reliability and validity testing of a Greek version of the Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ). Rheumatol Int. 2008 Sep;28(11):1091-7. Epub 2008 Apr 26

Bibliographic reference of the Hungarian translation:

Muszbek K, Szekely A, Balogh EM, Molnár M, Rohánszky M, Ruzsa A, Varga K, Szöllosi M, Vadász P. Validation of the Hungarian translation of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Qual Life Res. 2006 May;15(4):761-6

Bibliographic reference of the Iranian translation:

Montazeri A, Vahdaninia M, Ebrahimi M, Jarvandi S. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): translation and validation study of the Iranian version. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2003 Apr 28;1(1):14 (Full text article)

Bibliographic reference of the Italian translation:

Costantini M, Musso M, Viterbori P, et al. Detecting psychological distress in cancer patients validity of the Italian version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Support Care Cancer. 1999 May;7(3):121-7

Bibliographic reference of the Malayalam translation:

Thomas BC, Devi N, Sarita GP, Rita K, Ramdas K, Hussain BM, Rejnish R, Pandey  M. Reliability & validity of the Malayalam hospital anxiety & depression scale (HADS) in cancer patients. Indian J Med Res. 2005 Nov;122(5):395-9

Bibliographic reference of the Nigerian translation:

Abiodun OA.A validity study of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in general hospital units and a community sample in Nigeria. Br J Psychiatry. 1994 Nov;165(5):669-72

Bibliographic reference of the Norwegian translation:

Mykletun A, Stordal E, Dahl AA. Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale: factor structure, item analyses and internal consistency in a large population. Br J Psychiatry. 2001 Dec;179:540-4 (Full text article)

Bibliographic reference of the Portuguese translation:

Pais-Ribeiro J, Silva I, Ferreira T, Martins A, Meneses R, Baltar M. Validation study of a Portuguese version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Psychol Health Med. 2007 Mar;12(2):225-35; quiz 235-7. English, Portuguese

Bibliographic reference of the Slovenian translation:

Miklavcic IV, Snoj Z, Mlakar J, Pregelj P. Validation of the Slovenian version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in female cancer patients. Psychiatr Danub. 2008 Jun;20(2):148-52

Bibliographic reference of the Swedish translation:

Lisspers J, Nygren A, Soderman E. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): some psychometric data for a Swedish sample. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1997 Oct;96(4):281-6

Bibliographic reference of the Urdu translation:

Mumford DB, Tareen IA, Bajwa MA, et al. The translation and evaluation of an Urdu version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1991 Feb;83(2):81-5

Bibliographic reference of the Malay translation:

Thomas BC, Devi N, Sarita GP, Rita K, Ramdas K, Hussain BM, Rejnish R, Pandey M. Reliability & validity of the Malayalam hospital anxiety & depression scale (HADS) in cancer patients. Indian J Med Res. 2005 Nov;122(5):395-9

Bibliographic reference of the Punjabi translation:

Lane DA, Jajoo J, Taylor RS, Lip GY, Jolly K; the Birmingham Rehabilitation Uptake Maximisation (BRUM) Steering Committee. Cross-cultural adaptation into Punjabi of the English version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. BMC Psychiatry. 2007 Jan 26;7:5

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