tailieunhanh - báo cáo hóa học:" Structural ambiguity of the Chinese version of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in patients with coronary heart disease"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về hóa học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học đề tài : Structural ambiguity of the Chinese version of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in patients with coronary heart disease | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Open Access Structural ambiguity of the Chinese version of the hospital anxiety and depression scale in patients with coronary heart disease Wenru Wang1 Violeta Lopez2 David Thompson3 and Colin R Martin 4 Address 1School of Medicine Xi an Jiaotong University Xi an Shannxi China 2Faculty of Medicine Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China 3Nethersole School of Nursing The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong China and 4Department of Mental Health and Learning Disability University of Sheffield S63 7ER UK Email Wenru Wang - s034726@ Violeta Lopez - David Thompson - davidthompson@ Colin R Martin - Corresponding author Published 26 January 2006 Received 25 November 2005 Health and Quality ofLife Outcomes 2006 4 6 doi 1477-7525-4-6 Accepted 26 January 2006 This article is available from http content 4 1 6 2006 Wang et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale HADS is a widely used screening tool designed as a case detector for clinically relevant anxiety and depression. Recent studies of the HADS in coronary heart disease CHD patients in European countries suggest it comprises three rather than two underlying sub-scale dimensions. The factor structure of the Chinese version of the HADS was evaluated in patients with CHD in mainland China. Methods Confirmatory factor analysis CFA was conducted on self-report HADS forms from 154 Chinese CHD patients. Results Little difference was observed in model fit between best performing three-factor and two-factor models. Conclusion The current .