Performance of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale as a screening tool for major depressive disorder in cancer patients.
OBJECTIVES: (1) To assess the overall performance of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) as a screening instrument to identify cases of major depressive disorder (MDD) in mixed cancer outpatients. (2) To determine the sensitivity and specificity of various HADS cut-off scores. (3) To r...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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