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Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10, K6)
Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10, K6)
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 ? | ✓ | |
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 down ? | ✓ | |
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 ? | ✓ | |
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 ? | ✓ | |
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 | - |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2006-2007 | MCS Age 5 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | - |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2008-2009 | MCS Age 7 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | - |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2012-2013 | MCS Age 11 Main and Partner Respondent Questionnaire | - |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2015-2016 | MCS Age 14 Parent Questionnaire 2015 | - |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2015-2016 | MCS Age 14 Self-Completion Partner Questionnaire 2015 | - |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2018-2019 | MCS Age 17 CAWI Self-Reported Parent Questionnaire 2018 | - |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2018-2019 | MCS Age 17 Young Person Self-Completion Questionnaire 2018 | - |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 1 Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2020 | MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 2 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 2 Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2021 | MCS Age 20 Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3 | MCS Cohort Member COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset |
Original 6-item version (K6) | MCS | 2021 | MCS Age 20 Parent COVID-19 Survey - Wave 3 | MCS Parent COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies (2020) Wave 3 Dataset |