Send the K10 questionnaire digitally to your patients. With Coflow, they answer on their phone or computer before their appointment, with no app and no login.
The total is scored the moment they submit and banded to the ABS survey cut-offs. The score is waiting for you on the task, and responses write back to your practice management system.
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel tired out for no good reason?*
Nothing selected
Nothing selected
None of the time
A little of the time
Some of the time
Most of the time
All of the time
Sent by SMS or email
Completed
Scored
Filed to your PMS
Scores itselfNo hand tallying
Stored in Australia
No patient app or login
Scored automatically
Writes back to your PMS
Try the digital K10
Coflow forms are flexible and mobile responsive. Patients fill it in on any phone or computer, with no app and no login. Scored forms are scored automatically when the patient submits.
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Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, survey cut-offs (ABS National Health Survey)
NameDate
For each question, choose the answer that best describes how often you had that feeling.
1None of the time2A little of the time3Some of the time4Most of the time5All of the time
In the past 4 weeks
1
2
3
4
5
1
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel tired out for no good reason?
1
2
3
4
5
2
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel nervous?
1
2
3
4
5
3
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel so nervous that nothing could calm you down?
1
2
3
4
5
4
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel hopeless?
1
2
3
4
5
5
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel restless or fidgety?
1
2
3
4
5
6
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel so restless you could not sit still?
1
2
3
4
5
7
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel depressed?
1
2
3
4
5
8
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel that everything was an effort?
1
2
3
4
5
9
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel so sad that nothing could cheer you up?
1
2
3
4
5
10
In the past 4 weeks, about how often did you feel worthless?
1
2
3
4
5
Kessler, R.C. & Mroczek, D. (1994). Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Cut-offs: ABS National Health Survey.Page 1 of 2
Scoring the K10
For the practitioner. Detach before handing the questionnaire to a patient.
How to score it
Each answer scores the number circled, from 1 (“none of the time”) to 5 (“all of the time”). No item is reverse scored.
Add up all 10 answers. The total runs from 10–50: there are no subscales and no multiplier.
Find the total’s band in the table further down. If any question is unanswered, don’t score the form.
Score
Scale
Items
Total
Band
Psychological distress
1–10
Bands: survey cut-offs (ABS)
Psychological distress
Total
Low
10–15
Moderate
16–21
High
22–29
Very high
30–50
These are the survey cut-offs used by the ABS National Health Survey and other Australian population health surveys. The CRUfAD/beyondblue clinical form groups the same total at different cut-offs, so check which convention a score is being compared with.
The K10 measures non-specific psychological distress over the past four weeks. It is not a diagnostic tool: read the score alongside your own clinical assessment.
Kessler, R.C. & Mroczek, D. (1994). Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10). Cut-offs: ABS National Health Survey.Page 2 of 2
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Send the K10 digitally
Patients answer on their phone or computer before they arrive, with no app or login. Coflow sends a reminder if they don’t finish, scores it the moment they submit, and files it into your PMS.
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