Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10, K6)
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The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (Kessler et al., 2002) a scale designed to measure non-specific psychological distress. The scale has two original versions, one with 10 items (K10) and one with 6 items (K6). Other non-original versions of the scale have been created which include a subset of the original 10 items.
Reference
Kessler, R. C., Andrews, G., Colpe, L. J., Hiripi, E., Mroczek, D. K., Normand, S. L. T., Walters, E. E., & Zaslavsky, A. M. (2002). Short screening scales to monitor population prevalences and trends in non-specific psychological distress. Psychological Medicine, 32(6), 959–976. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291702006074
List of questions
Question number | Question | Original 10-item version (K10) | Original 6-item version (K6) |
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1 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel depressed ? | ✓ |
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2 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel so depressed that nothing could cheer you up ? | ✓ | ✓ |
3 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel nervous ? | ✓ | ✓ |
4 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel so nervous that nothing could calm you | ✓ |
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5 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel restless or fidgety ? | ✓ | ✓ |
6 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel so restless that you could not sit still ? | ✓ |
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7 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel worthless ? | ✓ | ✓ |
8 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel tired out for no good reason ? | ✓ |
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9 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel hopeless ? | ✓ | ✓ |
10 | During the last 30 days, about how often did you feel that everything was an effort ? | ✓ | ✓ |
Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets
Version | Study | Year | Questionnaire | Dataset |
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Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2003-2005 | MCS Age 3 CAPI Questionnaire | MCS2 Parent Interview Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2006-2007 | MCS Age 5 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | MCS3 Parent Interview Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2008-2009 | MCS Age 7 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | MCS4 Parent Interview Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2012-2013 | MCS Age 11 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | MCS5 Parent Interview Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2015-2016 | MCS Age 14 Parent Questionnaire | MCS Age 14 Parent Questionnaire Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2015-2016 | MCS Age 14 Self-Completion Partner Questionnaire | MCS Age 14 Young Person Questionnaire dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2018-2019 | MCS Age 17 Parent Online Questionnaire | MCS Age 17 Parent Online Questionnaire Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2018-2019 | MCS Age 17 Young Person Self Completion Questionnaire | MCS Age 17 Young Person Self Completion Questionnaire Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset | |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset | |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset | |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset | |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2021 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset | |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2021 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset |