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Developed in 1983
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Snaith RP; Zigmond AS
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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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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If you wish to translate the questionnaire:
Arabic:
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 (PubMed abstract)
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 (PubMed abstract)
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 (PubMed abstract)
Chinese:
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 (PubMed abstract)
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 (PubMed abstract)
German:
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 (PubMed abstract)
For information on, or permission to use the German translation, please contact:
Verlag Hans Huber (contact Sylvia Schlutius)
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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
Hungarian:
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 (PubMed abstract)
Italian:
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 (PubMed abstract)
Malayalam:
Thomas BC, Devi N, Sarita GP, Rita K, Ramdas K, Hussain BM, Rejnish R, Pandey M. Reliability and validity of the Malayalam hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) in cancer patients. Indian J Med Res. 2005 Nov;122(5):395-9 (PubMed abstract)
Nigerian:
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 (PubMed abstract)
Persian:
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)
Portuguese:
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 (PubMed abstract)
Punjabi:
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 (Full text article)
Sinhalese:
Kumara WGC, Zoysa PD, Balasuriya A, Fernando NFJ, Jayamanne BDW. Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the hospital anxiety and depression scale for ischemic heart disease patients in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Research Conference in Health Sciences 2021 (Abstract)
Slovenian:
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 (PubMed abstract)
Swedish:
Lisspers J, Nygren A, Soderman E. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD): some psychometric data for a Swedish sample. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1997 Oct;96(4):281-6 (PubMed abstract)
Urdu:
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 (PubMed abstract)
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