Research Article
Rapid Screening of Psychological Well-Being of Patients with Chronic Illness: Reliability and Validity Test on WHO-5 and PHQ-9 Scales
Table 5
Incidences of brief psychological screening scale (
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| Scores of indices | Number of subjects | Screening rate (%) |
| World Health Organization’s scale of 5-item physical and psychological health indices (WHO-5) | | | Depression (score 1–28) | 3 | 1.0 | Emotional distress (score 29–50) | 17 | 5.5 | Normal (score 51–100) | 290 | 93.5 | Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9) | | | Normal (score ≦10) | 295 | 95.2 | Depression (score >10) | 15 | 4.8 | Hospital anxiety and depression scale-anxiety (HADS-A) | | | Normal (score 0~7) | 302 | 97.4 | Suspected anxiety (score 8~10) | 6 | 1.9 | Identified anxiety (score ≧11) | 2 | 0.6 | Hospital anxiety and depression scale-depression (HADS-D) | | | Normal (score 0~7) | 296 | 95.5 | Suspected depression (score 8~10) | 11 | 3.5 | Identified depression (score ≧11) | 3 | 1.0 |
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