Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale (HADS)

screening

Digital administration of Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale (HADS) to collect structured patient inputs for validated score calculation and clinical follow-up.

Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale (HADS)

Clinical intent

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a screening tool that quickly and effectively identifies patients that show symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. It was was developed by Zigmond and Snaith in 1983 [1]. Its use in the health-care setting increased over time, since it evaluates cognitive, emotional, and behavioral symptoms, excluding physical symptoms. Thus, it avoids possible false positives, and excludes symptoms associated with severe mental disorders. Once patients are identified as having possible symptoms of depression and/or anxiety, they can be selected for a diagnostic confirmation.

Clinical interpretation

0-7 = Normal 8-10 = Borderline abnormal (borderline case) 11-21 = Abnormal (case)

References

[1] Zigmond AS, Snaith RP. The hospital anxiety and depression scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1983;67(6):361-370. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb09716.x

Pathway

initialization

Initial trigger context for participant details.

survey

Hospital Anxiety And Depression Scale (HADS) questionnaire

Send questionnaire email

Sends an email explaining the questionnaire and including the survey link.

wait

Wait for questionnaire submission

Waits for questionnaire submission event.

Form preview

Interactive preview of the questionnaire. Not for clinical use. Responses are not stored.