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A validation study of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in a large sample of French employees

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Title
A validation study of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) in a large sample of French employees
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BMC Psychiatry, December 2014
DOI 10.1186/s12888-014-0354-0
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Christine Bocéréan, Emilie Dupret

Abstract

BackgroundThe Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a questionnaire widely used for detecting anxiety and depressive disorders. It is used extensively in France, but has never been the subject of a full study in a population at work. The objectives of this study were to present some psychometric properties of the HADS on a large sample of French employees.MethodThe HADS questionnaire was given to salaried employees at 19 major French companies as part of their biennial occupational medical examination. In 2011, 20992 employees filled in the questionnaire. HADS¿s structure was studied first by exploratory, then confirmatory factorial analyses.ResultsThe model selected was the original two-factor structure. The two subscales showed good internal consistency. Women scored higher than the men for anxiety and depression; the scores increased with age; engineers and managers had lower average scores than other occupational status (blue- or white-collar workers and technicians).ConclusionThe results of the analyses are consistent with those in literature relating to other populations studied in other countries. The HADS questionnaire is pertinent for detecting symptoms of anxiety and depression in a population of people at work.

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Country Count As %
Netherlands 1 <1%
Unknown 239 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 40 17%
Student > Bachelor 35 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 12%
Student > Postgraduate 18 8%
Researcher 16 7%
Other 39 16%
Unknown 63 26%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 68 28%
Psychology 45 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 6%
Neuroscience 11 5%
Social Sciences 8 3%
Other 25 10%
Unknown 68 28%
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