{"id":6582,"date":"2020-11-16T18:11:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T18:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/?p=6582"},"modified":"2023-04-03T16:43:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:43:29","slug":"distress-kessler-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grnspace.com\/en-ca\/distress-kessler-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Distress | KESSLER-10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kessler Psychological Distress Scale\u00a0 (KESSLER-10)<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Recommended Frequency: Every 2 Weeks<\/em><\/p>\n

Summary<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (KESSLER-10) is an instrument that yields a global measure of distress based on questions about anxiety and depressive symptoms that a person has experienced in the most recent 4-week period. This instrument is 10 questions and is intended to be a brief, simple and reliable instrument to detect mental health conditions.<\/p>\n

Psychometric Properties<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The ending kappa and weighted kappa scores range from 0.42 to 0.74, indicating that the K10 is a moderately reliable instrument.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/p>\n

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  1. https:\/\/www.tac.vic.gov.au\/files-to-move\/media\/upload\/k10_english.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. http:\/\/www.statisticssolutions.com\/kessler-psychological-distress-scale-k10\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Scale<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    The following questions ask about how you have been feeling\u00a0\u00a0during the past 30 days<\/strong>. For each question, please select the option that best describes how often you had this feeling.<\/p>\n

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    Scoring<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    This questionnaire is a measure of psychological distress. The numbers attached to a patient\u2019s responses are added up to calculate the total on the scale. Scores will range from 10 to 50.<\/p>\n

    People seen in primary care who score under 20 are likely to be well; score 20-24 are likely to have a mild mental disorder; score 25-29 are likely to have moderate mental disorder; and score 30 and over are likely to have a severe mental disorder. 13% of the adult population will score 20 and over and about 1 in 4 patients seen in primary care will score 20 and over. This is a screening instrument and practitioners should use clinical judgement. Scores usually decline with effective treatment. Patients whose scores remain above 24 after treatment should be reviewed and specialist referral considered.<\/p>\n

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    Copyright Information<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

    Kessler R. Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.<\/p>\n

    Kessler, R.C., Andrews, G., Colpe, .et al (2002) Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress.\u00a0Psychological Medicine, 32<\/strong>, 959-956.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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