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The Duke Anxiety-Depression Scale (DUKE-AD) is a seven-item self-report questionnaire for detecting the risk of major anxiety and/or depression at a given point in time. It can be completed by the respondent or by an interviewer.
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The Duke Anxiety-Depression Scale (DUKE-AD) (Fig. 1) was developed by Parkerson, Broadhead, and Tse (1990, 1991) as a 7-question subscale of the 17-question Duke Health Profile (DUKE) to measure the risk of both major anxiety and major depression within a 1-week time frame. It can be administered by the respondent or by an interviewer. There are two questions for psychological symptoms (nervousness, depressed feelings), two for self-esteem (give up too easily, comfortable around people), two for somatic symptoms (sleeping, fatigue), and one for cognition (difficulty concentrating). It is user-friendly because of its small number of brief, easy-to-understand questions, with only three response options for each question. It can be scored...
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Parkerson, G.R. (2014). Duke Anxiety-Depression Scale (DUKE-AD). In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_3512
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