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Table 15 Correlations between the 4DSQ scales and other symptom questionnaires measuring distress, depression, anxiety and somatization; Pearson correlation coefficients r

From: The Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ): a validation study of a multidimensional self-report questionnaire to assess distress, depression, anxiety and somatization

 

Study

4DSQ scales

  

Distress

Depression

Anxiety

Somatization

Distress

     

- General Health Questionnaire (GHQ)

D

0.58***

0.46***

0.29*

0.12

- Maastricht Questionnaire (MV)

D

0.76***

0.59***

0.46***

0.29*

Depression

     

- Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale – Depression scale (HADS-Dep)

D

0.67***

0.49***

0.21

0.22

- Zung's Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS)

D

0.69***

0.59***

0.40**

0.40**

- Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) – Depression

C

0.76***

0.72***

0.53***

0.37***

- Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

F

0.68***

0.71***

0.63***

0.49***

Anxiety

     

- State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) – State

H

0.63***

0.55***

0.52***

0.40***

- Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale – Anxiety scale (HADS-Anx)

D

0.58***

0.37**

0.72***

0.35**

- Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) – Anxiety

C

0.57***

0.48***

0.81***

0.56***

- Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) – Agoraphobia

C

0.36***

0.30***

0.80***

0.43***

- Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

F

0.66***

0.53***

0.81***

0.77***

Somatization

     

- Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) – Somatization

C

0.52***

0.33***

0.56***

0.82***

  1. * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 (1-tailed)