ArticleJournal of intellectual disability research : JIDR2025
Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Personal Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Seven-Item Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), and the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) With People With Intellectual Disabilities.
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- Psychometric Properties of the Nine-Item Personal Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) Seven-Item Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7), and the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) With People With Intellectual Disabilities.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe nine-item Physical Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), the seven-item Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) and the Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS) are, respectively, self-report measures of depression, generalised anxiety, and the impact of mental health on the person's personal functioning that are widely used in mainstream mental health services in England. The psychometric properties of these scales when used with people with intellectual disabilities have not been established.
methodItem level data for the PHQ-9 (n = 128), GAD-7 (n = 124) and WSAS (n = 133) for people with intellectual disabilities in an English NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression (NHSTT) service in the north of England were analysed using internal reliability statistics and confirmatory factor analysis.
resultsIn this study, the full PHQ-9, GAD-7 and WSAS have Cronbach's α of 0.81, 0.84 and 0.81, respectively, and have acceptable ranges of corrected item-total correlations. The two-factor structures for the PHQ-9 and the GAD-7 were a better fit than single-factor structures, although the single-factor fit and the correlation between the two factors within each scale suggest that their use as a single scale is justified. The single-factor structure for the WSAS was a good fit.
conclusionsIn this study, the widely used PHQ-9, GAD-7 and WSAS demonstrate internal consistency values and factor analysis structure similar to those for individuals without intellectual disabilities. The data support the use of these measures for people with intellectual disabilities attending routine primary care mental health services.
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