Pais-Ribeiro José Luís, Martins da Silva Ana, Vilhena Estela, Moreira Inês, Santos Ernestina, Mendonça Denisa
William James Center for Research, ISPA - University Institute, Lisboa, Portugal,
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences of the University of Porto (FPCEUP), Porto, Portugal,
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2018 Nov 22;14:3193-3197. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S184260. eCollection 2018.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a long-lasting disabling disease with psychological implications. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a questionnaire developed to screen anxiety and depression among patients in hospital settings. The objective of this report was to study the metric properties of the Portuguese version of HADS regarding MS.
This was a cross-sectional study. Three hundred and eighty individuals with a diagnosis of MS, according to the revised McDonald criteria, were recruited from an outpatient Neuroimmunology Clinic of the city of Porto. Participants had a mean age of 40.04 years (SD =10.86), 63.9% of them were female. HADS consists of two subscales - anxiety and depression - scored separately, with seven items each.
The results of our study show the appropriateness of HADS for the identification of mood changes in people with MS and show good metric properties.
It seems to be a useful tool for the scrutiny of mood disorders in Portuguese patients with MS. The questionnaire is also sensitive to disease when compared to people with other severe illnesses, and with people without the disease.
多发性硬化症（MS）是一种具有心理影响的慢性致残性疾病。医院焦虑抑郁量表（HADS）是一种用于筛查医院环境中患者焦虑和抑郁情况的问卷。本报告的目的是研究葡萄牙语版HADS在MS方面的测量特性。
这是一项横断面研究。根据修订的麦克唐纳标准，从波尔图市的一家门诊神经免疫学诊所招募了380名被诊断为MS的个体。参与者的平均年龄为40.04岁（标准差=10.86），其中63.9%为女性。HADS由两个分量表组成——焦虑和抑郁——分别计分，每个分量表有7个项目。
我们的研究结果表明HADS适用于识别MS患者的情绪变化，并显示出良好的测量特性。
它似乎是用于仔细检查葡萄牙MS患者情绪障碍的有用工具。与其他严重疾病患者和无该疾病的人相比，该问卷对疾病也很敏感。
