Screening for psychiatric illness in the palliative care inpatient setting: A comparison between the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the General Health Questionnaire-12

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 399-407

  Le Fevre, Peter ^a,c   Devereux, Joan ^b   Smith, Stephen ^b   Lawrie, Stephen M ^a   Cornbleet, Michael ^b  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Marie Curie Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Neoplasms; Palliative care; Psychiatric status rating scales

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032870004     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/026921699671260095     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. McDaniel J, Musselman D, Porter M, Reed D, Nemeroif C. Depression in patients with cancer. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1995; 52: 89-99.
2. van't Speijker A, Trijsberg T, Duivenvoorden H. Psychological sequelae of cancer diagnosis: a meta-analytical review of 58 studies after 1980. Psychosom Med 1997; 59: 280-93.
3. Power D, Kelly S, Gilsenan J et al. Suitable screening tests for cognitive impairment and depression in the terminally ill - a prospective study. Palliat Med 1993; 7: 213-18.
4. Rodin G, Voshart K. Depression in the medically ill: an overview. Am J Psychiatry 1986; 143: 696-705.
5. Meltzer H, Gill B, Petticrew M, Hinds K. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among adults living in private households. In: OPCS surveys of psychiatric morbidity in Great Britain. OPCS, Report 1, 1995.
6. Meakin C. Screening for depression in the medically ill. The future of paper and pencil tests. Br J Psychiatry 1992; 160: 212-16.
7. Endicott J. Measurement of depression in outpatients with cancer. Cancer 1994; 53: 2243-48
8. Zigmund A, Snaith R. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1983; 67: 361-70.
9. Maguire P, Selby P. Assessing quality of life in cancer patients. Br J Cancer 1989; 60: 437-40.
10. Hermann C. International experiences with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale - a review of validation data and clinical results. J Psychosom Res 1997; 42: 17-41.
11. De Haes F, van Knippenberg F, Neijt J. Measuring psychological distress in cancer patients: structure and application of the Rotterdam Symptom Checklist. Br J Cancer 1990; 62: 1034-38.
12. Goldberg D. The detection of psychiatric illness by questionnaire. In: Maudsley monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1972.
13. Hopwood P, Howell A, Maguire P. Screening for psychiatric morbidity in patients with advanced breast cancer: validation of two self-report questionnaires. Cancer 1991; 64: 353-56.
14. Goldberg D, Cooper B, Eastwood MR, Kedward HB, Shepherd M. A standardised psychiatric interview for use in community surveys. Br J Prevent Soc Med 1970; 24: 18-23.
15. Ibbotson T, Maguire P, Selby P, Priestman T, Wallace L. Screening for anxiety and depression in cancer patients: the effects of disease and treatment. Eur J Cancer 1994; 30A: 37-40.
16. Hanley J, McNeil B. A method of comparing the areas under receiver operating characteristic curves derived from the same cases. Radiology 1983; 148: 839-43.
17. Razavi D, Delvaux N, Farvaques C, Robaye E. Screening for adjustment disorders and major depressive disorders in cancer in-patients. Br J Psychiatry 1990; 156: 79-83.
18. Lewis G, Pelosi A, Araya R, Dunn D. Measuring psychiatric disorder in the community: a standardized assessment for use by lay interviewers. Psychol Med 1992; 22: 465-86.
19. World Health Organization. The ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders - clinical descriptions and diagnostic guidelines. Geneva: WHO, 1992.
20. Murphy J, Berwick D, Weinstein M, Borus J, Budman S, Klerman G. Performance of screening and diagnostic tests. Application of receiver operating characteristic curves. Arch Gen Psychiatry 1987; 44: 550-55.
21. Hanley J, McNeil B. The meaning and use of the area under a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. Radiology 1982; 143: 29-36.
22. Altman D, Bland J. Diagnostic tests 3: receiver operating characteristic plots. Br Med J 1994; 309: 188.
23. Spiegel D. Cancer and depression. Br J Psychiatry 1996; 168(Suppl. 30): 109-16.