The Ability of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-5 to Identify Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder in the General Population.

ABSTRACT: Background: The Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL) is a widely used measure of anxiety and depression symptoms. The short form HSCL-5 is especially suitable for large population-based studies, but its ability to detect mental disorders in the general population remains unknown. The aim of the study was to assess how well the HSCL-5 identified cases of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) measured by the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) 5.0 and to find the optimal sex-specific cut-off levels of the HSCL-5. Methods: Participants from the population-based Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) in Norway were recruited for the current study. Between April and September 2020, 1343 participants (64% women) aged 20-65 years completed the CID

SUBMITTER: Kirkoen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12111364 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature