Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Assessment of the structure of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in musculoskeletal patients | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Assessment of the structure of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in musculoskeletal patients Julie F Pallant t and Catherine M Baileyt Address Faculty of Life and Social Sciences Swinburne University of Technology . Box 218 Hawthorn Victoria 3122 Melbourne Australia Email Julie F Pallant - jpallant@ Catherine M Bailey - caterinbailey@ Corresponding author fEqual contributors Published 19 December 2005 Received 08 November 2005 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2005 3 82 doi 1477-7525-3-82 Accepted 19 December 2005 This article is available from http content 3 1 82 2005 Pallant and Bailey licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Research suggests there is a high prevalence of anxiety and depression amongst patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain which can influence the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs. It is therefore important for clinicians involved in musculoskeletal rehabilitation programs to consider screening patients for elevated levels of anxiety and depression and to provide appropriate counselling or treatment where necessary. The HADS has been used as a screening tool for assessment of anxiety and depression in a wide variety of clinical groups. Recent research however has questioned its suitability for use with some patient groups due to problems with dimensionality and the behaviour of individual items. The aim of this study is to assess the underlying structure and psychometric properties of the HADS among patients attending musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Methods Data was obtained from 296 patients attending an outpatient musculoskeletal pain .
