A psychometric evaluation of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale for the medically hospitalized elderly

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 338-344

  Helvik, Anne Sofie ^a,b,c   Engedal, Knut ^b,d   Skancke, Randi H ^a,b   Selbæk, Geir ^b,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Principal component analysis; Psychometric properties; Quality of life; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; OBLIQUE ROTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 80052999288     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2011.560684     Document Type: Article

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