Not only do anxiety and depression diagnoses tend to co-occur, but their symptoms are
highly correlated. Although a plethora of research has examined longitudinal associations …

Background Although mental health concerns are known to occur commonly for those with
inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), the nature of this comorbid relationship has not been …

The Cronbach's alpha is the most widely used method for estimating internal consistency
reliability. This procedure has proved very resistant to the passage of time, even if its …

The purpose of this study was to apply a set of rarely reported psychometric indices that,
nevertheless, are important to consider when evaluating psychological measures. All can be …

Abstract Purpose The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a self-report
questionnaire designed to screen anxious and depressive states in patients in non …

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been associated with high prevalence of psychological
disorders. However, it remains unclear whether IBS and each of its subtypes (predominant …

There is tremendous interpatient variability in the response to analgesic therapy (even for
efficacious treatments), which can be the source of great frustration in clinical practice. This …

Background This review provides an estimate of the global prevalence of depression and
anxiety symptoms among doctors, based on analysis of evidence from the first year of the …

Background & Aims We examined the relationship between symptoms of depression and
anxiety and clinical recurrence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in a large patient cohort …

Abstract Background The HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) aims to measure
symptoms of anxiety (HADS Anxiety) and depression (HADS Depression). The HADS is …