Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
Patients are asked to choose one response from the four given for each interview. They should give an immediate response and be dissuaded from thinking too long about their answers. The questions relating to anxiety are marked "A", and to depression "D". The score for each answer is given in the right column. Instruct the patient to answer how it currently describes their feelings.
A
I feel tense or 'wound up':
Most of the time
3
A lot of the time
2
From time to time, occasionally
1
Not at all
0
D
I still enjoy the things I used to enjoy:
Definitely as much
Not quite so much
Only a little
Hardly at all
I get a sort of frightened feeling as if something awful is about to happen:
Very definitely and quite badly
Yes, but not too badly
A little, but it doesn't worry me
I can laugh and see the funny side of things:
As much as I always could
Not quite so much now
Definitely not so much now
Worrying thoughts go through my mind:
A great deal of the time
From time to time, but not too often
Only occasionally
I feel cheerful:
Not often
Sometimes
I can sit at ease and feel relaxed:
Definitely
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