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Kesler Psychological Distress Scale (K10)
This 10-item scale provides an overall measure of psychological distress based on questions about anxiety and depressive symptoms that you have experienced over the past four weeks. For each item, please identify the number that best represents how you have been feeling over the past four weeks. You will then add up your scores for a total result.

In the last four weeks, about how often….		None of the time	A little of the time	Some of the time	Most of the time	All of the time
1.	did you feel tired out for no good reason?	1	2	3	4	5
2.	did you feel nervous?	1	2	3	4	5
3.	did you feel so nervous that nothing could calm you down?	1	2	3	4	5
4.	did you feel hopeless?	1	2	3	4	5
5.	did you feel restless or fidgety?	1	2	3	4	5
6.	did you feel so restless that you could not sit?	1	2	3	4	5
7.	did you feel depressed?	1	2	3	4	5
8.	did you feel that everything was an effort?	1	2	3	4	5
9.	did you feel so sad that nothing could cheer you up?	1	2	3	4	5
10.	did you feel worthless?	1	2	3	4	5

Scoring

Scoring: Sum the responses to the 10 questions to yield a total score, ranging from 10 (low level of distress) to 50 (high level of distress). Scores are interpreted below.

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