Anxiety and depression
depression, Depression, Anxiety
HADS has two subscales: Anxiety and Depression. Patients are classified as normal (score: 0 – 7), borderline (score: 8 – 10), or abnormal (score: 11 – 21) in each subscale, depending on their scores. More patients in the experimental group reached the “normal” category at 6 months than in the control group (higher absolute and relative frequencies). Likewise, the depression subscale showed a trend towards reduction in the experimental group after MGVA (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)