Rapid Screening of Psychological Well-Being of Patients with Chronic Illness: Reliability and Validity Test on WHO-5 and PHQ-9 Scales

Table 5

Incidences of brief psychological screening scale ().

Scores of indices	Number of subjects	Screening rate (%)
World Health Organization’s scale of 5-item physical and psychological health indices (WHO-5)
Depression (score 1–28)	3	1.0
Emotional distress (score 29–50)	17	5.5
Normal (score 51–100)	290	93.5
Patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9)
Normal (score ≦10)	295	95.2
Depression (score >10)	15	4.8
Hospital anxiety and depression scale-anxiety (HADS-A)
Normal (score 0~7)	302	97.4
Suspected anxiety (score 8~10)	6	1.9
Identified anxiety (score ≧11)	2	0.6
Hospital anxiety and depression scale-depression (HADS-D)
Normal (score 0~7)	296	95.5
Suspected depression (score 8~10)	11	3.5
Identified depression (score ≧11)	3	1.0