PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL
K10 questions
was developed by Prof Kessler at the Harward Medical School in USA and widely used by doctors and psychologists all over the world, including our VISTA clinic. This simple tool helps doctors to assess your general psychological wellbeing, distress levels in the recent time.
Keep in mind, there are no right or wrong answers. It’s about how you feel yourself in the last month.
In the past 4 weeks, approximately how often did you feel: | 1.None of the time | 2.A little of the time | 3.Some of the time | 4.Most of the time | 5.All of the time |
tired for no good reason? | |||||
nervous? | |||||
so nervous that nothing could calm you down? | |||||
hopeless? | |||||
restless or fidgety? | |||||
so restless you could not sit still? | |||||
depressed? | |||||
that everything was an effort? | |||||
so sad that nothing could cheer you up? | |||||
worthless? |
The tool is not a diagnosis. It helps you to assess your psychological welbeeing and, if any concerns, to bring it to your doctor, who will calculate your risks and assess you further, if needed.
References:
1. Professor Ronald C Kessler of the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School is thanked for the use of research on the K10 funded by US Public Health Service Grants RO1 MH46376, R01 MH52861, RO1 MH49098, and K05 MH00507 and by the John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation Network on Successful Midlife Development (Gilbert Brim, Director).
2. Andrews, G., Slade, T (2001). Interpreting scores on the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (k10). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25, 494-497.
