This prospective study examines gender-specific psychological risk factors of myocardial infarction. Out of 41,248 participants free of coronary heart disease at baseline, 822 cases of myocardial infarction were identified in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study or the mortality register. The participants completed the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist-hip...

Dear Editor, We read with interest the findings by Phan et al. In particular, we were intrigued by the marked improvement in sensitivity and specificity of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-depression subscale (HADS-D) sub-scale postmodification. A number of published reports, as well as our experience, have pointed out several problems with the current version of the Arabic (HADS). The...

A self-assessment scale has been developed and found to be a reliable instrument for detecting states of depression and anxiety in the setting of an hospital medical outpatient clinic. The anxiety and depressive subscales are also valid measures of severity of the emotional disorder. It is suggested that the introduction of the scales into general hospital practice would facilitate the large ta...

A self-assessment scale has been developed and found to be a reliable instrument for detecting states of depression and anxiety in the setting of an hospital medical outpatient clinic. The anxiety and depressive subscales are also valid measures of seventy of the emotional disorder. It is suggested that the introduction of the scales into general hospital practice would facilitate the large tas...

The aim of this study was to investigate fatigue, anxiety and depression scores before or after radiotherapy (RT) in breast cancer patients. A total of 51 patients with breast cancer were evaluated with Fatigue Scale, and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale before and after RT. Lee Fatigue Scale-fatigue subscale score significantly increased after RT (P=0.001); while energy subscale score sig...

medical education & medical profession are among the most challenging and most stressful ones. anxiety and depression represents an escalating public health problem among medical students. the objective of the study was to determine the prevalence & predictors of anxiety and depression among female medical students in king abdulaziz university, jeddah, saudi arabia.a cross-sectional study was c...

the purpose of this study was to compare personality traits and anxiety and depression of iranian traditional wrestling athletes with wrestling, taekwondo and kabaddi athletes. 175 sportsmen were randomly selected using morgan and kerjesy table. eysenck personality inventory (epi) and hospital anxiety and depression scale (hads) were used to collect the data. in addition to descriptive statisti...

anxiety and depression could reduce the quality of life, and exacerbate physical symptoms and even mortality amongst patients with coronary heart disease (chd). the aim of this study was to investigate the incidence of anxiety and depression in patients with acute chd. in a period from march to december 2008, the views of 108 chd patients, hospitalized in a tertiary hospital, were solicited usi...

BACKGROUND Few psychometric studies of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) scale have been performed with clinical samples of elderly individuals. METHODS The participants were 484 elderly (65-101 years, 241 men) patients in an acute medical unit. The HADS, the Montgomery-Aasberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) and questionnaires assessing quality of life, functional impairment, ...

Background Anxiety and depression during the antenatal period is a growing problem with major effects on the mother, the developing fetus, and the neonate. Objectives To assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression during pregnancy in women attending the hospital for antenatal care and assess the associated factors. Methods This is a prospective cohort study conducted in the University H...