___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)* ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Script Author: Katja Borchert, Ph.D. (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Date: 10-12-2021 last updated: 07-17-2023 by K. Borchert (katjab@millisecond.com) for Millisecond Software, LLC Script Copyright © 07-17-2023 Millisecond Software ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BACKGROUND INFO ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This script implements the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) References Zigmond AS, Snaith RP. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Acta Psychiatr Scand 1983;67:361–370. Stern, A.F.(2014). The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Occupational Medicine, 64, 393-394. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqu024 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OVERVIEW ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14 4-point Likert type questions (7 for Depression, 7 for Anxiety) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DURATION ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ the default set-up of the script takes appr. 2 minutes to complete ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DATA OUTPUT DICTIONARY ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The fields in the data files are: (1) Raw data file: 'hads.iqdat' date, time: date and time script was run with the current group/subjectnumber subject, group, session: with the current subject/groupnumber/session id build: the Inquisit build q*_response: response given (in assigned values) Scale: 0-3 (anchors different for each question) R = automatically reversed scored questions (3-0) Note: a score of 0 represents no Anxiety/no Depression; 3 is the highest score one can achieve q*_latency: how much time (in ms) the participant spent on the surveyPage with this particular question (the last time this particular surveyPage was visited) (2) Summary data file: 'hads_summary.iqdat' (Inquisit Lab: one data file per participant) inquisit.version: Inquisit version run computer.platform: the platform the script was run on (win/mac/ios/android) startDate: date script was run startTime: time script was started subjectId: assigned subject id number groupId: assigned group id number sessionId: assigned session id number elapsedTime: time it took to run script (in ms); measured from onset to offset of script completed: 0 = script was not completed (prematurely aborted); 1 = script was completed (all conditions run) hadsDepressionScore: sum of all depression scores (Range: 0-21) hadsAnxietyScore: sum of all anxiety scores (Range: 0-21) Interpretation of total scores: 0-7 = Normal 8–10 = Borderline abnormal 11-21 = Abnormal //raw scores: radioButtons.q1R_A.response, radioButtons.q2_D.response, radioButtons.q3R_A.response, radioButtons.q4_D.response, radioButtons.q5R_A.response, radioButtons.q6R_D.response, radioButtons.q7_A.response, radioButtons.q8R_D.response, radioButtons.q9_A.response, radioButtons.q10R_D.response, radioButtons.q11R_A.response, radioButtons.q12_D.response, radioButtons.q13R_A.response, radioButtons.q14D.response: ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ QUESTIONNAIRE SET-UP & SCORING ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ * The 7 Depression items are summed up to create the HADS_DepressionScore * The 7 Anxiety items are summed up to create the HADS_AnxietyScore ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ INSTRUCTIONS ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ provided by Millisecond Software - can be edited under section Editable Parameters ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ EDITABLE CODE ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ check below for (relatively) easily editable parameters, stimuli, instructions etc. Keep in mind that you can use this script as a template and therefore always "mess" with the entire code to further customize your experiment. The parameters you can change are: /pageInstructions: the instructions that appear at the top of each surveyPage /quitInstructions: the instructions to quit the questionnaire Note: the quitcommand can be changed under DEFAULTS