Psychometric properties of the Urdu version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) among pregnant women in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Fahad Saqib LodhiAymen M ElsousSaadia IrumAdeel Ahmed KhanUnaib Rabbani

Published in: General psychiatry (2020)

The HADS/UV is a psychometrically sound instrument with satisfactory measurement, including good internal consistency. The instrument shows promise to be a sound tool to assess anxiety and depression in pregnancy.

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