Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for people living with motor neuron disease: an uncontrolled feasibility study

Table 6 Case levels of anxiety and depression in plwMND at baseline and 6 months

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale modified for plwMND^a	Baseline N	6 months N
Anxiety (possible range 0–18)^b
Case (score ≥ 9)	4	2
Borderline (score 7–8)	6	2
Non-case (score ≤ 6)	16	17
Missing	3	8
Depression (possible range 0–18)^b
Case (score ≥ 8)	3	1
Borderline (score 5–7)	3	2
Non-case (score ≤ 4)	20	18
Missing	3	8

One participant who was recruited but later found to be ineligible is not included here
^aOne anxiety item and one depression item were not scored on the HADS due to confounding with MND symptoms, as previously recommended [43]
^bRecommended MND-specific scoring cut-offs for anxiety and depression are based on a Rasch analysis [43]

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