Emotional distress (ED) is greater for oncology patients in comparison with the general population, and this has implications for the quality of life of the patient and his/her family, adherence to the treatment, and eventually, survivorship. In general, the detection of these symptoms is low, which explains the need for detection systems appropriate to the clinical reality of the oncology team...

BACKGROUND The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) has been used in several languages to assess anxiety and depression in general hospital patients with good results. METHODS The HADS was administered to 521 participants (275 controls and 246 inpatients and outpatients of the Internal Medicine and Surgical Departments in 'Attikon' General Hospital in Athens). The Beck Depression Inve...

objective: cardiac diseases are psycho-somatic disorders, and psychological aspects play an essential role in their initiation and exacerbation. the aim of this study was to gain appropriate knowledge in the epidemiology of co-morbid depression and anxiety disorder in cardiovascular outpatients. method: this study is descriptive with a sample of patients attending a cardio-vascular clinic. 238 ...

We assessed the concurrent validity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) against the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (Ham-D) in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Forty-six non-demented PD patients were assessed by a neurologist on the Ham-D. Patients also completed four mood rating scales: the HADS, the GDS, the VAS and the Face...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the factors influence the quality of life (QOL) of survivors of an acute stroke. METHODS For 422 stroke patients, assessments were made within two weeks of the index event. QOL was measured using the World Health Organization Quality of Life-Abbreviated form (WHOQOL-BREF), which has four domains related to physical factors, psychological factors, soci...

Thalén-Lindström, A. 2014. Screening and Assessment of Distress, Anxiety, and Depression in Cancer Patients. Digital Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 1006. 75 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91554-8965-6. Aims and Methods The overall aim was to evaluate methods of screening and assessment of distress, anxiety, and depression in ...

BACKGROUND Anxious and depressive symptoms are frequent in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Our objective is to assess their prevalence and association with district and global disability and psychological variables. METHODS 119 SSc patients were assessed by Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS). Clinical depression and anxiety were defined for HADS score cutoff ≥ 8. Patients were assessed for ps...

BACKGROUND Patients with functional dyspepsia (FD) have increased risks for psychological dysfunction than healthy peoples. This study aimed to explore the roles of psychosocial factors and duodenal mast cells in the pathogenesis of FD. MATERIAL AND METHODS We prospectively included 48 FD patients and 21 age- and sex-match healthy volunteers. There were 23 patients with postprandial distress ...

Background In several languages and settings, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) has demonstrated reliable and valid screening properties in psychiatry. Objective To develop a Nepali version of HADS with acceptable reliability and construct validity for use among hospital patients and in the general population. Method The original English version was translated into Nepali using a...

OBJECTIVE As the rates of TB world over have increased during the past 10 years, there has been a growing awareness of depression and its role in the outcome of chronic disorders. Though depression is common in patients with TB no study as yet has examined the prevalence of depression in this group in Pakistan. We aimed to determine the presence of depression, anxiety and illness perceptions in...