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- Title
The value of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for comparing women with early onset breast cancer with population-based reference women.
- Authors
Osborne, R. H.; Elsworth, G. R.; Sprangers, M. A. G.; Oort, F. J.; Hopper, J. L.
- Abstract
<bold>Background: </bold>The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is frequently used in cancer studies, yet its utility for comparing people with cancer with people in the community is uncertain.<bold>Methods: </bold>HADS scores were obtained from population-based samples of women with (n = 731) and without (n = 158) early-onset breast cancer. Psychometric properties were examined using differential item functioning (DIF) which is the presence of systematic group differences in certain response items independent of the trait being measured.<bold>Results: </bold>Women with breast cancer scored lower than reference women on anxiety (mean (SD) 7.5 (4.3) vs. 8.2 (4.0); p = 0.06) and depression (3.3 (3.2) vs. 4.2 (3.0); p = 0.003). Group differences remained following adjustment for demographics. Time since diagnosis was not related to anxiety or depression scores. DIF was present in two anxiety and five depression items. Adjustment for DIF did not substantially change the anxiety or depression group differences.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>Specific sampling or DIF effects do not explain the observation that women with breast cancer have lower levels of anxiety and depression than population controls. The psychometric properties of the HADS appear to be acceptable in these groups.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; CANCER in women; QUALITY of life; PATIENTS; ANXIETY; MENTAL depression; BREAST cancer; COMMUNITY life; ANXIETY diagnosis; BREAST tumor diagnosis; DIAGNOSIS of mental depression; BREAST tumors; AGE factors in disease; COMPARATIVE studies; FACTOR analysis; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; SELF-evaluation; SICKNESS Impact Profile; TUMOR classification; EVALUATION research; ACQUISITION of data; CASE-control method; CLASSIFICATION; CANCER &; psychology
- Publication
Quality of Life Research, 2004, Vol 13, Issue 1, p191
- ISSN
0962-9343
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1023/B:QURE.0000015292.56268.e7