What is the K10 and how is it scored? The K10 is widely recommended as a simple measure of psychological distress and as a measure of outcomes following treatment for common mental health disorders.

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The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) [1] is a simple measure of psychological distress. The K10 scale involves 10 questions about emotional states each with a five-level response scale. The measure can be used as a brief screen to identify levels of distress.

Kessler 10 (K10) assessment form The Kessler (K10) measure is a 10-item self-report questionnaire intended to yield a global measure of 'psychological distress' based on questions about the level of anxiety and depressive symptoms in the most recent 4-week period.

Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) Source: Kessler R. Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. This is a 10-item questionnaire intended to yield a global measure of distress based on questions about anxiety and depressive symptoms that a person has experienced in the most recent 4 week period. Why use the K10

These questions concern how you have been feeling over the past 30 days. Press a box for each question that best represents how you have been . In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel tired out for no good reason? In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel nervous?

Questionnaires and scales are provided for PsychU members' screening and educational purposes only and are not to be used as diagnostic tools.

The K10 is a simple measure of psychological distress and also a measure of outcomes following treatment for common mental health disorder. The K10 uses a five value response option for each

The Kessler–10+ (K-10+) The K-10+ LM . Instructions . The following ten questions ask about how you have been feeling in the . last four weeks. For each question, mark the circle under the option that best describes the amount of time you felt that way. None of the time A little of the time Some of the time Most of the time All of the time 1.

The four additional questions on the K10+ do not affect the score but are designed to indicate the impact of the person’s psychological distress on their day to day lives. Questions 11-13 indicate the impact on work or study etc. Question 14 indicates the amount of time their psychological distress is related to physical health problems.