International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 207-214 , February 2002

Reliability testing of the hospital anxiety and depression (HAD) scale in the English, Maltese and back-translation versions

  • Donia R. Baldacchino

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Health Care, University of Malta, Malta
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 16, St. John's Street, Siggiewi, Malta, QRM 13. Fax: +356-244-973
    • ,
  • Gerald S. Bowman

      Affiliations

    • School of Health, University of Hull, Yorkshire, UK
    • ,
  • Anton Buhagiar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics, University of Malta, Malta

Received 17 August 2000 ,Accepted 23 February 2001.

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International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 39, Issue 2 , Pages 207-214 , February 2002

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