Cardiac Distress Inventory – Short Form (CDI-SF)
Australian Centre for Heart Health
Before you begin
The Cardiac Distress Inventory – Short Form (CDI-SF) is a brief questionnaire designed to help you identify emotional or psychological distress that you may be experiencing in relation to your heart condition.
The CDI-SF is a screening questionnaire, not a diagnostic test. Your score does not mean that you have a mental health condition and the questionnaire is not a substitute for assessment, diagnosis or advice from a doctor, psychologist or other qualified health professional.
These questions ask about concerns and emotional reactions associated with living with a heart condition and you may find some questions upsetting or uncomfortable. You do not have to complete the questionnaire and you may stop at any time.
If, after completing the questionnaire, you are concerned about your emotional wellbeing, please consider discussing this with your GP, cardiologist, psychologist or another qualified health professional. You may also seek assistance from the Cardiac Psychology Clinic, operated by the Australian Centre for Heart Health in association with Neurocentrix. The Clinic’s services are offered via Telehealth Australia-wide and can be accessed through your GP.
You can also phone 03 9546 0009 or email hearthealth@neurocentrix.com.au for further information.
Privacy
This version of the questionnaire calculates your score in your browser. Your individual answers are not submitted to the Australian Centre for Heart Health through this questionnaire, and no one at the Centre is monitoring your responses. Completing the questionnaire is not a request for clinical assistance.
By selecting Continue, you acknowledge that you have read and understood the information above and wish to complete the questionnaire.
About the past four weeks
Please indicate whether or not you have experienced each issue during the past four weeks. For each item you answer Yes, indicate how much distress the issue has caused you during the past four weeks on a scale from 0 to 3, where 0 is no distress and 3 is severe distress.
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Your result
Your CDI-SF score is:
If completing this questionnaire has caused you significant distress, you feel unsafe, or you require urgent mental health assistance, then please call Lifeline on 13 11 14 at any time.
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