2.X.XX - Depression Anxiety Stress Scale: Q21

Item name

Depression Anxiety Stress Scale: Q21

epiCentre name

DASSQ21

Definition

Patient response to DASS statement “I felt that life was meaningless” from selection of responses detailed in values below

Usage

The score on this item contributes to the DASS depression score (see 2.5.100)

ID

2.X.XX

Mandatory

Source

Element of

Business rules

Nil

Dependencies

Data type

Numeric

Format

N

Maximum length

1

Data domain

Code	Description
0	Did not apply to me at all
1	Applied to me to some degree, or some of the time
2	Applied to me to a considerable degree, or a good part of the time
3	Applied to me very much, or most of the time

Conditions

Nil

Level

Survey

Derived item

Derived by

Not applicable