Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale QuestionnaireNCIt concept
Preferred Label : Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Questionnaire;
NCIt synonyms : HADS Questionnaire;
NCIt related terms : HADS; HADS01; Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Questionnaire (HADS);
NCIt definition : A standardized survey developed and copyrighted by A. S. Zigmond and R. P. Snaith
in 1983, 1992, 1994 and published in the Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica journal (A.S.
Zigmond and R.P. Snaith. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Acta psychiart.
scand. 1983, 67:361-370) which is used to detect depression and anxiety in individuals
in a hospital or medical outpatient clinic. This instrument is a self-administered
questionnaire consisting of 14 items that assess how the individual has felt over
the past week. Each item as 4 response options that are associated with a score of
0 to 3.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) (copyright 1983, 1992, 1994 by
R.P. Snaith and A.S. Zigmond. All rights reserved.).;