Kessler Psychological Distress Scale

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Reference

Kessler, R. C., Andrews, G., Colpe, L. J., Hiripi, E., Mroczek, D. K., Normand, S. L. T., ... & 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 (as in the K10+ version)Question Original 10-item version

Original 6-item version

1aDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel tired out for no good reason? âœ“
1bDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel nervous?✓✓
1cDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel so nervous that nothing could calm you down? âœ“
1dDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel hopeless?✓✓
1eDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel restless or fidgety?✓✓
1fDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel so restless that you could not sit still✓
1gDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel depressed?✓
1hDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel so depressed that nothing could cheer you up?✓✓
1iDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel that everything was an effort?✓✓
1jDuring the past 30 days, about how often did you feel worthless?✓✓

Use of this scale in CLOSER Discovery study questionnaires and datasets

VersionStudyYearQuestionnaireDataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2003-2005MCS Age 3 CAPI Questionnaire-
Original 6-item versionMCS2006-2007MCS Age 5 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire -
Original 6-item versionMCS2008-2009MCS Age 7 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire-
Original 6-item versionMCS2012-2013MCS Age 11 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire-
Original 6-item versionMCS2015-2016MCS Age 14 Parent Questionnaire 2015-
Original 6-item versionMCS2015-2016MCS Age 14 Self-Completion Partner Questionnaire 2015-
Original 6-item versionMCS2018-2019MCS Age 17 CAWI Self-Reported Parent Questionnaire 2018-
Original 6-item versionMCS2018-2019MCS Age 17 Young Person Self-Completion Questionnaire 2018-
Original 6-item versionMCS2020MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2020MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2020MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2020MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2021MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset
Original 6-item versionMCS2021MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset