在患者中使用医院焦虑和抑郁度量:重叠的症状是否是一个问题?
Elisa Tye1, Sallie Baxendale1,2
1University College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Epilepsy & behavior reports
|January 18, 2024
概括
医院焦虑和抑郁量表 (HADS) 可能会误解症状为焦虑或抑郁. 分析物品认可可以提高患者查准确度 (PWE).
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 临床心理学 临床心理学
背景情况:
- 医院焦虑和抑郁量表 (HADS) 被广泛用于查焦虑和抑郁.
- 一些HADS项目可能会与症状及其治疗重叠,可能导致误诊.
- 这些重叠症状对患者 (PWE) 的HADS得分的影响需要调查.
研究的目的:
- 检查特定的HADS项目是否不成比例地表明患者 (PWE) 的焦虑和抑郁.
- 评估PWE中HADS子级分数和人口/临床因素之间的关系.
- 识别可能反映相关症状而不是主要焦虑或抑郁的HADS项目.
主要方法:
- 546名患有的成年人作为常规临床评估的一部分完成了HADS.
- 进行了统计分析,以检查HADS得分,人口变量,类型和特定项目认可之间的关联.
- 高度焦虑和抑郁症状的患病率是根据HADS分级得分计算的.
主要成果:
- 56.2%的PWE报告过度焦虑,27.3%报告抑郁症状 (HADS得分≥8).
- 哈德斯分级得分显示,与年龄,性别或类型没有关联.
- 在恐慌/恐惧和叶的诊断项目之间没有发现任何关系.
- 在焦虑子表格上",令人担忧的想法"是最常见的; "我觉得我被减速了"得到了高度认可,可能反映了而不是抑郁症.
结论:
- HADS在患者中发现了高频率的焦虑和抑郁症状 (PWE).
- 某些HADS项目,特别是"我觉得我被减速了",可能不会准确地反映PWE中的抑郁症.
- 改进HADS项目分析可以提高其检测患者抑郁症的灵敏度.
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