Sheehan Disability Scale
The Sheehan Disability Scale is a brief three-item self-report measure designed by David V. Sheehan to assess functional impairment across work/school, social life, and family life domains in psychiatric and medical disorders. First described in Sheehan's 1983 book 'The Anxiety Disease' and validated in multiple studies since, the SDS quantifies the degree to which a patient's illness interferes with major life domains. It is widely used in psychiatric research and clinical practice to assess the functional impact of depression, anxiety, ADHD, and other conditions, complementing symptom severity measures by capturing real-world impairment.
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- Sheehan, D. V. (1983). The Anxiety Disease. New York: Scribner. · ISBN 9780684183078
- Leon, A. C., Olfson, M., & Portera, L. (1997). Assessing psychiatric impairment in primary care with the Sheehan Disability Scale. International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine, 27(2), 93–105. · DOI 10.2190/T8EM-C8YH-373N-1UWD
- Arbuckle, R., Freston, M., & Witt, R. (2009). A systematic literature review of the psychometric properties and interpretation of the Sheehan Disability Scale. Current Medical Research and Opinion, 25(10), 2517–2526. · URL
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