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Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) – Philip Simpson

Read each item and select the response that comes closest to how you have been feeling in the past week. Don’t take too long over your replies: your immediate reaction to each item will probably be more accurate than a long thought out response.

Unique ID

Name(Required)

First Last

Date of Birth(Required)

Day

Month

Year

I feel tense or 'wound up'(Required)

Occasionally

From time to time

A lot of the time

Most of the time

I still enjoy the things I used to enjoy(Required)

Hardly at all

Not quite so much

Only a little

Definitely as much

I get a sort of frightened feeling as if something awful is about to happen(Required)

Not at all

A little, but it doesn’t worry me

Yes, but not too badly

Very definitely and quite badly

I can laugh and see the funny side of things(Required)

Not at all

Definitely not so much now

Not quite so much now

As much as I always could

Worrying thoughts go through my mind(Required)

Only occasionally

From time to time, but not too often

A lot of the time

A great deal of the time

I feel cheerful(Required)

Not at all

Not often

Sometimes

Most of the time

I can sit at ease and feel relaxed(Required)

Not at all

Not often

Usually

Definitely

I feel as if I am slowed down(Required)

Not at all

Sometimes

Very often

Nearly all the time

I get a sort of frightened feeling like 'butterflies' in the stomach(Required)

Not at all

Occasionally

Quite often

Very often

I have lost interest in my appearance(Required)

Definitely

I don’t take as much care as I should

I may not take quite as much care

I take just as much care as ever

I feel restless as I have to be on the move(Required)

Not at all

Not very much

Quite a lot

Very much indeed

I look forward with enjoyment to things(Required)

Hardly at all

Definitely less than I used to

Rather less than I used to

As much as I ever did

I get sudden feelings of panic(Required)

Not at all

Not very often

Quite often

Very often indeed

I can enjoy a good book, radio or TV programme(Required)

Very seldom

Not often

Sometimes

Often

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