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The Symptom Checklist-5 (SCL-5)

MD Marina Diachenko
KS Kristina K. Smith
LF Lone Fjorback
NH Niels Viggo Hansen
KL Klaus Linkenkaer-Hansen
KP Karen Johanne Pallesen
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The SCL-5 is a self-report questionnaire to assess psychological distress, and symptoms of anxiety and depression (Tambs and Moum, 1993). The scale refers to the last 2 weeks and consists of five statements that are scored on a scale from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much). The score is calculated as the average of the five items with higher scores indicating greater symptoms of anxiety and depression. The SCL-5 originates from the 25-item Symptom Checklist (SCL), which has been applied to detect mental disorders (Joukamaa et al., 1994) and correlates at r = 0.92 with the SCL. An SCL-5 score > 2 has been found to predict the presence of a mental illness, as assessed independently by psychiatrists (Strand et al., 2003).

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