Patterns of psychiatric morbidity in a genito-urinary clinic. A validation of the Hospital Anxiety Depression scale (HAD)

P Barczak; N Kane; S Andrews; A M Congdon; J C Clay; T Betts

doi:10.1192/bjp.152.5.698

Patterns of psychiatric morbidity in a genito-urinary clinic. A validation of the Hospital Anxiety Depression scale (HAD)

Br J Psychiatry. 1988 May:152:698-700. doi: 10.1192/bjp.152.5.698.

Authors

P Barczak¹, N Kane, S Andrews, A M Congdon, J C Clay, T Betts

Affiliation

¹ West Midlands Centre for Forensic Psychiatry.

PMID: 3167448
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.152.5.698

Abstract

The prevalence of psychiatric disorder (by DSM-III criteria) in a population attending a genito-urinary clinic was found to be 31%. The performance of the Hospital Anxiety Depression (HAD) scale as a screening questionnaire for psychiatric disorder was assessed. Case definition by a score of 8 or more on either of the anxiety or depressive subscales produced optimal results, giving sensitivities of 82% and 70%, and specificities of 94% and 68%, for depressive and anxiety disorders respectively.

MeSH terms

Adult
Anxiety Disorders / complications
Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis*
Depressive Disorder / complications
Depressive Disorder / diagnosis*
Female
Humans
Male
Personality Inventory
Psychometrics
Sexually Transmitted Diseases / psychology*
Urethritis / psychology