Rehabilitation psychology
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Rehabilitation psychology · Aug 2012
Multicenter StudyRasch analysis of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale in spinal cord injury.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), applied among persons with spinal cord injury (SCI), using Rasch analysis. ⋯ The results of the Rasch analyses support the use of the anxiety and depression subscales among people with SCI. However, further research is needed to confirm these findings and examine sensitivity to change of the HADS in SCI, which would support its use in longitudinal observational and intervention studies.