Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): validation in a Greek general hospital sample

Table 3 Item-scale correlations and Cronbach's α value

HADS items	HADS	HADS depression	HADS anxiety	Cronbach's α (if item deleted) for the total HADS
1 (anxiety)	0.696	0.521	0.719	0.873
2 (depression)	0.661	0.748	0.434	0.875
3 (anxiety)	0.625	0.372	0.743	0.877
4 (depression)	0.691	0.765	0.469	0.873
5 (anxiety)	0.699	0.484	0.762	0.873
6 (depression)	0.755	0.804	0.544	0.870
7 (anxiety)	0.645	0.459	0.687	0.875
8 (depression)	0.679	0.720	0.493	0.874
9 (anxiety)	0.688	0.521	0.705	0.873
10 (depression)	0.519	0.665	0.261	0.884
11 (anxiety)	0.462	0.215	0.608	0.885
12 (depression)	0.669	0.782	0.415	0.874
13 (anxiety)	0.582	0.333	0.702	0.878
14 (depression)	0.513	0.540	0.375	0.882

HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, bold: greater values in item-scale correlations.

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