ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Tana Nilchaikovit, M.D. Manote Lortrakul, M.D. Umaphorn Phisansuthideth, B.Sc. (Nursing)

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Development of Thai version of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in cancer patients

แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of The Psychiatric Association of Thailand, Vol. 41 No.1 January-March 1996, P 18-30

รายละเอียด / Details:

The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was translated into Thai and administered to a sample of 60 in-patients with cancer to test the validity and reliability of the Thai version of HADS (Thai HADS). Semistructured clinical psychiatric interview was used as a gold standard. The result of the study showed that the Thai HADS had good reliability and validity for both anxiety and depression sub-scales. At the cut-off point of > 11, which was the best cut-off point, the sensitivity of anxiety and depression sub-scales of Thai HADS were 100% and 85.71% respectively, while the specificity were 86.0% for anxiety and 91.3% for depression. Both sub-scales also showed good internal consistencies with Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.8551 for anxiety sub-scale and 0.8259 for depression sub-scale. In conclusion, the study showed that Thai HADS is a reliable and valid instrument for the screening of anxiety and depression in Thai patients, and especially in in-patients with cancer.

Keywords: HADS, Thailand, psychiatric measurement, psychiatry

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 1996

Address: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University

Code: 0000039

ISSN/ISBN: 0125-6985

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Abstract Journal.

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