Galen eCalcs - Calculator: DASS21 (Depression/Anxiety/Stress)
Description
The DASS 21 Depression Screen is designed for patients aged 12 and older to measure the negative emotional states of depression, anxiety, and stress.
Calculator Search/Filter Keywords
At the calculator level, eCalcs comes delivered with default keywords that can be leveraged in the "Search/Filter" field to enable Specialty or System driven calculator searching. The following calculator keywords are delivered by default for the DASS21 calculator:
Specialties
- Family Practice
- Internal Medicine
- Psychiatry
Systems
- Nervous
Calculator Inputs
All statements are designed for manual input for this tool. No default mappings are available. The rating scale is as follows:
Score | Description |
---|---|
0 | Did not apply to patient at all |
1 | Applied to patient to some degree, or some of the time |
2 | Applied to patient to a considerable degree, or good part of the time |
3 | Applied to patient very much, or most of the time |
The questionnaire is comprised of the following statements:
Statement |
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I found it hard to wind down |
I was aware of dryness of my mouth |
I couldn't seem to experience any positive feeling at all |
I experienced breathing difficulty (eg, excessively rapid breathing,
breathlessness in the absence of physical exertion) |
I found it difficult to work up the initiative to do things |
I tended to over-react to situations |
I experienced trembling (eg, in the hands) |
I felt that I was using a lot of nervous energy |
I was worried about situations in which I might panic and make
a fool of myself |
I felt that I had nothing to look forward to |
I found myself getting agitated |
I found it difficult to relax |
I felt down-hearted and blue |
I was intolerant of anything that kept me from getting on with
what I was doing |
I felt I was close to panic |
I was unable to become enthusiastic about anything |
I felt I wasn't worth much as a person |
I felt that I was rather touchy |
I was aware of the action of my heart in the absence of physical
exertion (eg, sense of heart rate increase, heart missing a beat) |
I felt scared without any good reason |
I felt that life was meaningless |
Calculator Outputs
Output | Mapping Type | Description |
---|---|---|
DASS21 Depression Score | Result | The score and severity on the depression axis |
DASS21 Anxiety Score | Result | The score and severity on the anxiety axis |
DASS21 Stress Score | Result | The score and severity on the stress axis |
Quality Measures
Measure Category | Measure Type | Measure |
---|---|---|
MIPS | PQRS | 134, 367 |