The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) as screening instruments for depression in patients with cancer.
Tim Julian HartungMichael FriedrichChristoffer JohansenHans-Ulrich WittchenHerman FallerUwe KochElmar BrählerMartin HärterMonika KellerHolger SchulzKarl WegscheiderJoachim WeisAnja MehnertPublished in: Cancer (2017)
In patients with cancer, the screening performance of both the PHQ-9 and the HADS-D was limited compared with a standardized diagnostic interview. Costs and benefits of routinely screening all patients with cancer should be weighed carefully. Cancer 2017;123:4236-4243. © 2017 American Cancer Society.