title: Testing of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to develop the Arabic version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (A-HADS) and test its psychometric proprieties for the assessment of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
  
  
  METHODS
  The A-HADS and Quality of Life Index Pulmonary version were completed by 67 Jordanian patients with COPD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cronbach's alpha coefficient has been found to be 0.75 for the A-HADS anxiety subscale and 0.82 for the A-HADS depression subscale. A-HADS scores correlated significantly with the Quality of Life Index Pulmonary version and demonstrated construct validity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This preliminary validation study supports the A-HADS as a reliable and valid instrument for the assessment of anxiety and depression in Arabic speaking patients with COPD.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, Department of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
authors.forename: Ekhlas
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Al-Gamal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: A-HADS; Arabic translation; COPD; Jordan; instrument-development; patient