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| Type: | Article |
| Title: | Screening for depression and anxiety in spinal cord injury with DASS-21 |
| Author: | Mitchell, Matthew Craig
Burns, Nicholas Ralph
Dorstyn, Diana-Santa |
| Citation: | Spinal Cord, 2008; 46 (8):547-551 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| ISSN: | 1362-4393 |
| School/Discipline: | School of Psychology |
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Responsibility: | MC Mitchell, NR Burns and DS Dorstyn |
| Abstract: | Study design: Comparison of two self-report instruments with a structured diagnostic interview.
Objective: To investigate the properties of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) in patients with spinal cord injuries.
Setting: South Australian Spinal Cord Injuries Service, Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, Northfield, South Australia.
Methods: Forty paraplegic or tetraplegic patients participated. Two self-report measures, DASS-21 and Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), assessed Depression, Anxiety and Stress. These measures were compared with each other and with diagnoses based on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview.
Results: Mean scores on both self-report measures were below clinical threshold levels. Prevalence rates of anxiety and depression were higher on DASS-21 than on BSI. DASS-21 was as sensitive as BSI, but had lower specificity to detect anxiety and depression.
Conclusion: DASS-21 is a promising screening measure for patients with spinal cord injury in a rehabilitation setting. It has greater sensitivity for identifying those with possible anxiety disorders than it does for those with depressive disorders. |
| Keywords: | depression; anxiety; stress; spinal cord injury |
| Description: | Copyright © 2008 International Spinal Cord Society |
| RMID: | 0020081989 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/sj.sc.3102154 |
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