Why the study?
Do self-administered questionnaires (GHQ, HAD, BDI, STAI) accurately identify psychiatric morbidity compared to SCID-R interviews in hospitalized physically ill patients?
Do self-administered questionnaires (GHQ, HAD, BDI, STAI) accurately identify psychiatric morbidity compared to SCID-R interviews in hospitalized physically ill patients?
Self-administered questionnaires like GHQ and HAD are satisfactory for identifying general psychiatric morbidity and depression in hospitalized physically ill patients, but perform poorly for anxiety and drug abuse.
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May support GHQ/HAD screening for psychiatric morbidity in physically ill inpatients; leaves open validation against structured interviews for anxiety and substance use.
Clarke et al. (1993) studied this question.
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