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Scores the ten-item Perceived Stress Scale, reversing the four positively worded items before summing, and applies the conventional bands.
PSS-10
Total = sum of negatively worded items + (16 - sum of positively worded items); 0-13 low, 14-26 moderate, 27-40 high perceived stress
Educational estimate only. Not a substitute for professional clinical judgement, and must not be used to make treatment or dosing decisions.
They are phrased positively, so reversing keeps a higher total meaning more perceived stress.
The past month, which makes it a measure of recent appraised stress rather than a trait.