Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire.
4DSQ
Common psychological symptoms in primary care across four distinct dimensions: Distress, Depression, Anxiety, and Somatization.
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- 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
- 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
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