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    Positive actions to improve mental well-being among construction workers Page 1

    Appendix

    1. Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale DASS-42

    1.1. Description
    The DASS-42 is a 42 item self-report scale designed to measure the emotional states of
    depression, anxiety and stress. The principal value of the DASS in a clinical setting is to
    clarify the locus of emotional disturbance, as part of the broader task of clinical
    assessment. The essential function of the DASS is to assess the severity of the core
    symptoms of Depression, Anxiety and Stress. Accordingly, the DASS allows not only a
    way to measure the severity of a patient’s symptoms but a means by which a patient’s
    response to treatment can also be measured.

    This is a screening instrument and practitioners should make a clinical judgment as to


    whether an individual needs further assessment for anxiety and depression. High scores
    on the DASS would certainly alert the clinician to a high level of distress in the patient
    and this would need to be explored further within the interview process. Similarly, low
    scores on the DASS should not be a substitute for a comprehensive clinical interview.

    1.2. Scoring
    Each of the 42 questions is scored on a 4-point scale ranging from 0 (“Did not apply to
    me at all”) to 3 (“Applied to me very much, or most of the time”). Scores for Depression,
    Anxiety and Stress are calculated by summing the scores for the relevant items:

    Depression: 3, 5, 10, 13, 16, 17, 21, 24, 26, 31, 34, 37, 38, 42

    Anxiety: 2, 4, 7, 9, 15, 19, 20, 23, 25, 28, 30, 36, 40, 41

    Stress: 1, 6, 8, 11, 12, 14, 18, 22, 27, 29, 32, 33, 35, 39

    1.3. DASS-42 Score Sheet


    Enter each score from the questionnaire into the first two columns. Add up each row and
    enter the score into the available box (D, A or S). Add up the each of the D, A and S
    columns (Table 1).

    The total for each column is the score for that trait:
    Page 2 Appendix 1

    - D = Depression

    - A = Anxiety

    - S = Stress

    Table 1. DASS-42 Score Sheet


    Depression Anxiety Stress
    Q Score Q Score
    scores scores scores
    1 22
    2 23
    3 24
    4 25
    5 26
    6 27
    7 28
    8 29
    9 30
    10 31
    11 32
    12 33
    13 34
    14 35
    15 36
    16 37
    17 38
    18 39
    19 40
    20 41
    21 42
    Total

    1.4. Interpretation guide


    The DASS is based on a dimensional rather than a categorical conception of measure of
    distress where depression and anxiety vary along a continuum of severity. The DASS
    has no direct implications for the allocation of patients to discrete diagnostic categories
    postulated in classificatory systems such as the DSM and ICD. However, recommended
    cutoffs for conventional severity labels are given in the DASS Manual
    (http://www2.psy.unsw.edu.au/groups/dass/order.htm) (Table 2).

    The severity labels are used to describe the full range of scores in the population, so
    ‘mild’ for example means that the person is above the population mean but probably still
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    below the typical severity of someone seeking help (i.e. it does not mean a mild level of
    disorder).

    Table 2. Interpretation guide for scores


    Depression (D) Anxiety (A) Stress (S)
    Normal 0-9 0-7 0-14
    Mild oct-13 08-sep 15-18
    Moderate 14-20 oct-14 19-25
    Severe 21-27 15-19 26-33
    Extremely severe 28+ 20+ 34+
    Page 4 Appendix 1

    1.5. DASS-42 Questionnaire

    Table 3. DASS-42 questions


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    1.6. References

    [1] Lovibond S.H., Lovibond, P.F. (1995). Manual for the Depression Anxiety Stress
    Scales (2nd ed.). Sydney: Psychology Foundation.

    [2] Crawford, J. R., & Henry, J. D. (2003). The Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
    (DASS): Normative data and latent structure in a large non-clinical sample. British
    Journal of Clinical Psychology, 42(2), 111–131.Scoring

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