caa a22 4500 606180338 CHVBK 20210128100805.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11136-014-0763-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11136-014-0763-z Normative data for the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [Elektronische Daten] [Suzanne Breeman, Seonaidh Cotton, Shona Fielding, Gareth Jones] Purpose: The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is widely used in both research and clinical contexts. However, UK normative data from HADS remain limited. In our recent review of the literature, only six reports from four studies were identified as reporting UK normative data and all had limitations. The aim of our study was to use a large population-based dataset to address this. Methods: The Epidemiology of Functional Disorders Study is a large longitudinal population-based study carried out in Northwest England. All adults aged between 25 and 65years registered with three general practices were sent a self-completion questionnaire which contained the HADS and other health-related instruments. Scores were calculated for participants completing all items on each sub-scale (anxiety 6,189 participants and depression 6,198 participants). Scores are presented by gender and by 5-year age groups. Percentile scores were also generated. Results: The median anxiety score was higher in women [6, interquartile range (IQR) 4-9] than in men (5, IQR 2-8) and increased with age in both groups. The median depression score for both women and men was 3 (IQR 1-6). Conclusions: Our study is the largest population-based study providing UK normative data fromthe HADS. While our data confirm some of the normative data reported previously, subtle and important differences emerged, particularly at the upper end of the percentile scores. Due to the nature of our study design and the number of participants sampled, we believe that our data are likely to be more representative of the UK population than existing published normative values. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, 2014 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale nationallicence Normative data nationallicence Population-based study nationallicence Percentile scores nationallicence Breeman Suzanne Health Services Research Unit, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Health Sciences Building, AB25 2ZD, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK aut Cotton Seonaidh Health Services Research Unit, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Health Sciences Building, AB25 2ZD, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK aut Fielding Shona Medical Statistics Team, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, AB25 2ZD, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK aut Jones Gareth Epidemiology Group, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, AB25 2ZD, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK aut Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/2(2015-02-01), 391-398 0962-9343 24:2<391 2015 24 11136 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0763-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-014-0763-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Breeman Suzanne Health Services Research Unit, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Health Sciences Building, AB25 2ZD, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cotton Seonaidh Health Services Research Unit, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Health Sciences Building, AB25 2ZD, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fielding Shona Medical Statistics Team, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, AB25 2ZD, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jones Gareth Epidemiology Group, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Polwarth Building, AB25 2ZD, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Quality of Life Research Springer International Publishing 24/2(2015-02-01), 391-398 0962-9343 24:2<391 2015 24 11136