Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire.

4DSQ

What it measures

Common psychological symptoms in primary care across four distinct dimensions: Distress, Depression, Anxiety, and Somatization.

Length and format

50 items. 5-point frequency rating (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Dutch original; English, German, French, Spanish, Turkish, Polish and others; ~10+ langs, approx

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open - non-commercial only

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Reference

Terluin, B., van Marwijk, H. W. J., Ader, H. J., et al. (2006). The Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ): a validation study of a multidimensional self-report questionnaire to assess distress, depression, anxiety and somatization. BMC Psychiatry, 6, 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-6-34

https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-6-34