Model Group Decision Support System Based on Depression Anxiety Stress Scales Using Ordered Weighted Averaging Aggregation Method

Wiharto Wiharto; Della  K. Putri; Sari W. Sihwi; Umi Salamah; Esti Suryani; Vihi Atina; Pradityo Utomo

doi:10.35882/jeeemi.v7i2.678

Wiharto Wiharto Department of Informatics, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7014-7620
Della K. Putri Department of Informatics, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3901-8891
Sari W. Sihwi Department of Informatics, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7814-9441
Umi Salamah Department of Informatics, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5077-1191
Esti Suryani Department of Data Science, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3304-9022
Vihi Atina Department of Software Engineering Technology, Universitas Duta Bangsa, Surakarta 57147, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8039-480X
Pradityo Utomo Department of Informatic Management, Universitas Merdeka Madiun https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4491-6464

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35882/jeeemi.v7i2.678

Keywords: Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, Group Decision Support System, Preference, Ordered Weighted Averaging

Abstract

Depression, anxiety, and stress are common psychological conditions often triggered by the pressures of daily life. Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS), is a widely used tool for assessing the severity of these disorders, available in different versions such as the DASS-21 and DASS-42. In line with these findings, DASS-21 consists of 21 symptom items, categorized into three types of disorders, with seven items assigned to each. In contrast, the DASS-42 includes 42 symptom items, with 14 items allocated per disorder. Both versions serve as standardized tools for assessing the severity of depression, anxiety, and stress, and the different versions show that one item only affects one disorder. In practice, it can affect several disorders with different priorities. This condition increases the risk of subjective bias in a psychologist's decision-making, as personal experiences and perceptions may influence their assessments. Therefore, this study aims to develop a Group Decision Support System (GDSS) model that considers the preferences of several psychologists in determining the priority of disorders based on the DASS-42 and DASS-21 items. The model has been built using the psychologist's preference method for DASS-42 and DASS-21 in fuzzy form, then combined using the Ordered Weighted Averaging (OWA) method to produce one decision. The alignment of top-priority items between GDSS and DASS was assessed as part of the evaluation. The results show a high degree of similarity, with GDSS matching 16 out of 21 symptom items in DASS-21 and 35 out of 42 items in DASS-42. The GDSS model can accommodate the preferences of decision-makers in providing weighting of the influence on each item in the DASS-21 and DASS-42, thereby providing more objective decisions.

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