Measurement of state and trait anxiety in elderly mental health clients

Patterson, Roger L.; O’Sullivan, Michael; Spielberger, Charles D.

doi:10.1007/bf01338925

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“…The instrument differentiates between and measures anxiety as a psychological state and as a personality trait. The reliability and validity of the STAI have been demonstrated as adequate by many researchers, including Spielberger et al (1970) and Patterson, O'Sullivan, and Spielberger (1980). On the STAI, Scores of 40 or above are generally considered clinically significant.…”

Section: State-trait Anxiety Inventorymentioning

confidence: 97%

The relationship between pain and negative affect in older adults: anxiety as a predictor of pain

Feeney

2004

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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Section: State-trait Anxiety Inventorymentioning

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The relationship between pain and negative affect in older adults: anxiety as a predictor of pain

Feeney

2004

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

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“…40 Early psychometric studies conducted in adult and elderly people have provided support for the difference between trait and state anxiety, discriminant validity, and test-retest reliability of the Spielberger Inventory. 41,42 The Spielberger Inventory was mailed to the participants Ϸ3 weeks before the examination. The instrument was administered to subjects at baseline and at 2-year follow-up.…”

Section: Anxiety Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustained Anxiety and 4-Year Progression of Carotid Atherosclerosis

Paterniti

Zureik

Ducimetière

et al. 2001

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Abstract-Several studies have shown that anxiety disorders are associated with a higher risk of coronary artery disease.However, the relationship between anxiety disorders and atherosclerosis has been studied to a lesser extent. The goal of this study was to examine whether high and stable trait anxiety was associated with the progression of atherosclerosis.The study group consisted of 726 subjects (297 men and 429 women), aged 59 to 71 years, recruited from the electoral rolls of the city of Nantes. The subjects had no history of coronary artery disease at baseline evaluation and or at the 2-year follow-up. Two follow-up examinations were conducted 2 and 4 years after the baseline evaluation. Trait anxiety was evaluated by means of the French translation of the Spielberger Inventory (a 20-item trait inventory, form X-2). The "sustained anxiety" group consisted of men and women with the highest Spielberger Inventory scores at baseline and at the 2-year follow-up examination. Each ultrasound examination included measurement of intima-media thickness and the sites of plaque in the extracranial carotid arteries. Men with sustained anxiety showed a higher 4-year increase of common carotid intima-media thickness than did men without sustained anxiety (adjusted means 0.08 versus 0.04 mm, respectively; Pϭ0.05) and a higher risk of 4-year plaque occurrence (adjusted OR 3.5, 95% CI 1.4 to 8.5). Among women, sustained anxiety was associated with a higher 4-year increase of common carotid intima-media thickness (0.07 versus 0.04 for women with versus women without sustained anxiety, respectively; Pϭ0.07). These results suggest that chronically high levels of anxiety may contribute to accelerating the evolution of carotid atherosclerosis.

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“…Despite this revision, some authors considered STAI-Y as a measure of general negative affect including anxiety, depression or well-being (Bados, Gomez-Benito, & Balaguer, 2010;Balsamo et al, 2013;Bieling, Antony, & Swinson, 1998;Caci, Bayl e, Dossios, Robert, & Boyer, 2003). Nevertheless, many studies showed the utility of this measure in older populations (e.g., Dennis, Boddington, & Funnell, 2007;Patterson, O'Sullivan, & Spielberger, 1980;Stanley, Beck, & Zebb, 1996;Stanley, Novy, Bourland, Beck, & Averill, 2001). This scale is also relevant because it is less oriented toward somatic symptoms of anxiety than other widely used scales, such as the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (Keedwell & Snaith, 1996;Morin et al, 1999).…”

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confidence: 96%