Validating the Swedish STOP-D: a brief tool for depression, anxiety, stress, anger and social support.

ABSTRACT: Psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, and stress, requires time-efficient assessment tools suited for digital and momentary settings. The Screening Tool for Psychological Distress (STOP-D) is a five-item scale developed for brief mental health screening, but it has not yet been validated in Swedish. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and diagnostic accuracy of the Swedish STOP-D in a non-clinical adult sample. A total of 427 Swedish-speaking adults (mean age = 49.42, SD = 16.34 years) completed the STOP-D, the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), the Single-Item Stress Scale (SISE), and the Need Satisfaction and Frustration Scale (NSFS). ROC analyses were conducted using PHQ-2 and GAD-2 (cut-off ≥ 3) and the SISE (cut-off ≥ 6 and 7). Feature import

SUBMITTER: Larsson A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12815834 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature