The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is frequently used in cancer studies, yet its utility for comparing people with cancer with people in the community is uncertain.
The value of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) for comparing women with early onset breast cancer with population-based reference women.
Centre for Genetic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia. richardo@unimelb.edu.au