Raheel Karim, Abdul Shakoor, Ijaz Ahmad Khan Tareen.
The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale AAA: A Simple and Rapid Instrument for evaluation of Depression in Psychiatric Settings.
Ann King Edward Med Uni Jan ;4(2):29-31.

The utility of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) as screening instrument for depression in psychiatric settings in Pakistan was investigated. Method:A two stage screening procedure involved the use of HADS against the ICD-10 Disc Criteria for Research and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD). Results:Sensitivity for depression sub-scale of HADS was 95%, specificity 93%, false negative rate 5% and false positive rate 7%. A correlation of +0.39 (p<0.005) between scores of depression on HADS and HRSD was calculated. Conclusion:The HADS is a valid measure for screening `caseness` of depression in psychiatric settings as well. It could usefully be employed by the researchers for rapid evaluation of depression among the psychiatric patients.

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