Protocol - Disability Due to Mental Health Symptoms
- Educational Attainment - Individual
- Executive Function - Direct Assessment - Adolescent
- Executive Function - Direct Assessment - Adult
- Executive Function - Questionnaire - Adult
- Executive Function - Questionnaire - Children
- Executive Function - Questionnaire - Preschool Children
- History of Head Trauma
- Impairment - Adolescent
- Impairment - Adult
- Verbal Memory - Adult
- Verbal Memory - Child
- Working Memory - Adult
- Working Memory - Child
Description
The Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) includes three self-rated items designed to measure how work, social life, and family life are impaired by current psychiatric symptoms (e.g., panic, anxiety, phobia, or depression). Each item includes an 11-point analog scale that uses visual-spatial, numeric, and verbal descriptive anchors simultaneously to represent the degree of disruption. The numerical ratings of 0-10 can be translated into a percentage or summed into a single dimensional measure of global functional impairment that ranges from 0 (unimpaired) to 30 (highly impaired). There are no formal norms or recommended cutoff scores. Two optional items quantify days lost and days underproductive at work or school.
Specific Instructions
The Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) is a proprietary instrument.
To license any paper version of the Sheehan Disability Scale for any setting from the copyright and trademark holder, or for related training or questions, contact David V Sheehan, MD, MBA, FACPsych, DLFAPA, at email: davidVsheehan@gmail.com or https://www.davidVsheehan.org. Dr. Sheehan licenses the instrument in paper format for distribution as follows: (1) in paper form for any uses, or (2) in fixed-pdf form, paper form, or both for use in clinical or academic research trials or studies.
Availability
Protocol
Summary of the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS)
The Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) includes three self-rated items designed to measure how work, social life, and family life are impaired by current psychiatric symptoms (e.g., panic, anxiety, phobia, or depression). Each item includes an 11-point analog scale that uses visual-spatial, numeric, and verbal descriptive anchors simultaneously to represent the degree of disruption. Two optional items quantify days lost and days underproductive at work or school. The numerical ratings of 0-10 can be translated into a percentage or summed into a single dimensional measure of global functional impairment that ranges from 0 (unimpaired) to 30 (highly impaired). Although there are no formal norms or recommended cutoff scores, a score >5 on any of the three scales may indicate significant functional impairment.
Personnel and Training Required
None
Equipment Needs
None
Requirements
| Requirement Category | Required |
|---|---|
| Major equipment | No |
| Specialized training | No |
| Specialized requirements for biospecimen collection | No |
| Average time of greater than 15 minutes in an unaffected individual | No |
Mode of Administration
Self-administered or interviewer-administered questionnaire
Lifestage
Adult
Participants
Adults, ages 18 and older
Selection Rationale
The Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) is a widely used, brief, reliable, and valid self-rated measure of impairment in functioning for use in mental health research and clinical practice.
Language
English
Standards
| Standard | Name | ID | Source |
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Derived Variables
None
Process and Review
Not applicable.
Protocol Name from Source
The Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS)
Source
Sheehan, D. V. (1983). The anxiety disease. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons.
To license any paper version of the Sheehan Disability Scale for any setting from the copyright and trademark holder, or for related training or questions, contact David V Sheehan, MD, MBA, FACPsych, DLFAPA, at email: davidVsheehan@gmail.com or https://www.davidVsheehan.org. Dr. Sheehan licenses the instrument in paper format for distribution as follows: (1) in paper form for any uses, or (2) in fixed-pdf form, paper form, or both for use in clinical or academic research trials or studies.
General References
Harnett-Sheehan, K., & Sheehan, D. V. (2008). Assessing treatment effects in clinical trials with the Discan metric of the Sheehan disability Scale. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 23(2), 70-83.
Leon, A. C., Shear, M. K., Portera, L., & Klerman, G. L. (1992). Assessing impairment in patients with panic disorder: The Sheehan Disability Scale. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 27, 78-82.
Leon, A. C., Olfson, M., Portera, L., Farber, L., & Sheehan, D. V. (1997). Assessing psychiatric impairment in primary care with the Sheehan Disability Scale. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 27(2), 93-105.
Olfson, M., Kathol, R. G., Weissman, M. M., Sheehan, D. V., Leon, A. C., Hoven, C. (1997). Mental disorders and disability in a primary care group practice. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154, 1734-1740.
Sheehan, D. V., Harnett-Sheehan, K., & Raj, B. A. (1996) The measurement of disability. International Clinical Psychopharmacology, 11(Suppl. 3), 89-95.
Task Force for the Handbook of Psychiatric Measures. (2000). Disability scale. In The handbook of psychiatric measures. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.
Protocol ID
630801
Variables
Export Variables| Variable Name | Variable ID | Variable Description | dbGaP Mapping |
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Measure Name
Disability Due to Mental Health Symptoms
Release Date
November 21, 2014
Definition
A questionnaire to measure impairment of functioning attributed to current mental health symptoms.
Purpose
This measure can be used to assess functional impairment in three interrelated domains: work/school, social life, and family life.
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, depression, trauma, disability, functional impairment, outcomes, work, Social life, Family life, Home responsibilities, proprietary
Measure Protocols
| Protocol ID | Protocol Name |
|---|---|
| 630801 | Disability Due to Mental Health Symptoms |
Publications
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