Reliability & validity of the Malayalam hospital anxiety & depression scale (HADS) in cancer patients

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 395-399

  Thomas, B C ^a   Devi, Nandakumar ^a   Sarita, Gangadharan Premalatha ^a   Rita, Krishnan ^a   Ramdas, Kunnambath ^a   Hussain, B M ^a   Rejnish, Ravikumar ^a   Pandey, Manoj ^a,b  

^a Government College for Women   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; HADS; Psychological morbidity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANHEDONIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MYELOMA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SOLID TUMOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33144463735     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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