title: [Mood disorders among inpatients in ambulatory and validation of the anxiety and depression scale HAD].
abstract: The revised Clinical Interview Schedule (CIS-R) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) Scale were used to estimate the prevalence of mood disorders among 78 consecutive admissions to a general medical ward in a university general hospital in Brazil (43 males and 35 females; mean age = 43.2yr). Interviewers also completed a 5-point symptom severity scales for anxiety and depression. The definition of cases of anxiety [and depression] was based on two criteria: a. score > or = 2 on the CIS-R section of anxiety [> or = 4 on the CIS-R sections of depression and depressive ideas]; and b. score > or = 2 on the clinical severity scale for anxiety [score > or = 2 on the clinical severity scale for depression]. A 39% prevalence rate of affective disorders was found. Sixteen (20.5%) patients met criteria for anxiety, most of the disorders being of mild severity. Twenty-sic patients (33%) were depressed, 7 of them in a moderate degree. The HAD was easily understood by the patients. Anxiety and depression subscales had internal consistency of 0.68 and 0.77, respectively. At a cut-off point of 8/9 sensibility and specificity were 93.7% and 72.6% for anxiety, and 84.6% and 90.3% for depression. HAD items correlated positively with the respective subscales. To a lesser degree, they also correlated with the alternative subscale. Our findings confirm the high prevalence of mood disorders among medical in-patients. In clinical practice, the HAD may have a useful role in detecting those patients requiring further psychological care.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicologia Médica e Psiquiatria, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Botega
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Bio
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zomignani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Transtornos do humor em enfermaria de clínica médica e validação de escala de medida (HAD) de ansiedade e depressão.