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Table 5 Screening Tool by Disorder and Number of Validations

From: A systematic review of validated screening tools for anxiety disorders and PTSD in low to middle income countries

Disorder

Screening Tool

Number of Validations

Anxiety disorders

HADS-A

3

HADS

3

DASS-A

1

Zung SAS

2

STAI

1

EPDS

2

HAM-A

1

K10

7

K6

3

PHQ-4

1

GAD-7

6

HDRS

1

HSCL-25

4

MINI-SPIN

1

PHC

1

GHQ-12

2

SCARED/SCARED-C/−P

1/1/1

PASS

1

RCADS-GAD scale

1

BAI

2

Total

46

PTSD

HTQ/−R

1

HTQ

3

K10

2

PDS

3

PCL-C/−5

2/2

CPSS

2

TSSC

1

UCLA PTSD Index

1

PTSD Screening Tool

2

Total

19

Anxiety and Depression

HSCL-25

2

Independently developed (Zambia)

1

YSR

1

HADS

1

AKUADS

1

SRQ-20

1

AYMH

1

HEI

1

K10/K6

1/1

PHQ-4

1

Total

12

  1. Abbreviations: HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale Anxiety subscale, DASS Depression Anxiety Stress Scales, Zung SAS Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, STAI State Trait Anxiety Inventory, EPDS Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, HAM-A Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale, K10/K6 Kessler 10/6, GAD Generalized Anxiety Test, HDRS Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, HSCL Hopkins Symptom Checklist, MINI-SPIN Mini-Social Phobia Inventory, PHC Primary Health Care Screening Tool, GHC General Health Questionnaire, SCARED Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorders, PASS Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale, RCADS Revised Children’s Anxiety and Depression Scales, BAI Beck Anxiety Inventory, HTQ Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, PDS Posttraumatic Diagnostic Scale, PCL-C PTSD Checklist-Clinician Version, PHQ-4 Patient Health Questionnaire, CPSS Child PTSD Symptom Scale, TSSC Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale, YSR Youth Self-Report, AKUADS Aga Khan University Anxiety and Depression, SRQ Self-Reporting Questionnaire, AYMH Arab Youth Mental Health Scale, HEI Huaxi Emotional-Distress Index