Factor structure and cut-off scores of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS) in a Croatian sample of adult patients suffering from advanced cancer.
Psychiatr Danub
; 29(4): 451-458, 2017 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Patients with cancer should be systematically screened for psychological problems at key points in their pathway. Usage of self-report scales for measuring anxiety and depression (such as Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS)) is a very practical methodfor detecting anxiety and depression. The aim of this research was to determine latent structure, reliability and cut-off scores of HADSin a Croatian sample of adult patients suffering from advanced metastatic cancer. SUBJECTS ANDMETHODS:
According to inclusion and exclusion criteria, participant were recruited at University Hospital Centre Zagreb (N=46; January 2015) and Clinical Hospital Centre 'Sisters of Mercy' (N=29; April 2015). All participants underwent short structured psychodiagnostic interview, cognitive evaluation (usingMontreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test) and were given HADS.RESULTS:
When using PCA separately for the items of each original scale of HADS, only four items for the component Depression satisfactorily saturate principal component and when using PCA for all the items, only seven items from the original scale satisfactorily saturate unique principal component. Maximum Likelihood extraction method showed that only four items from the original scale satisfactorily saturated the theoretical scales.CONCLUSIONS:
The results show that the best solution to use HADS, in defined Croatian population, is as one-dimensional screening instrument (Cronbach's alpha coefficient of internal consistency=0.774) with cut-off score 11/12.
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Assunto principal:
Transtornos de Ansiedade
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Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica
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Comparação Transcultural
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Transtorno Depressivo
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article