Despite being a popular practice, the present findings did not support combining the HADS-Anxiety and HADS-Depression subscales to identify the DT's cut-off score. Furthermore, these results inform the use of the DT as a preliminary screening tool and suggest that when a single screen is used, a DT cut-off score of 6 or 7 might be more appropriate than the typical cut-off score of 4.
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