Quality of life in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder

Bourland, Stacey L.; Stanley, Melinda A.; Snyder, Allison; Novy, Diane M.; Beck, J. Gayle; Averill, Patricia M.; Swann, Alan C.

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“…A more recent study reported an internal consistency of the total satisfaction scale of 0.85 in a clinical sample of 217 patients referred for treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders (McAlinden and Oei 2006). In addition, this QOLI has shown strong convergent and divergent validity as well as good construct and criterionrelated validity (McAlinden and Oei 2006;Bourland et al 2000;Grant et al 1995;Frisch et al 1992).…”

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Dysthymia among Substance Abusers: An Exploratory Study of Individual and Mental Health Factors

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Int J Ment Health Addiction

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The purpose of this study was to examine the individual characteristics and mental health factors of dysthymic and nondysthymic substance abusers. Out of a total of 1,209 medical records reviewed to select cases of dysthymic and nondysthymic substance abusers attending a community drug treatment program, 183 medical records were selected, 48% of which were dysthymic substance abusers. Bivariate analyses indicated that dysthymic substance abusers were more likely to be male, older individuals, reported high levels of alcohol dependence, lower quality of life, and higher number of previous substance abuse treatment. Results from hierarchical multiple logistic regression analyses indicated that age, gender, and quality of life were significant predictor for having dysthymia. Implications for the mental health field are discussed, underlining the importance of developing and providing competent treatment for substance abusers with co-occurring disorders.

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“…The QOLI has demonstrated strong psychometric properties (McAlinden and Oei 2006;Frisch et al 1992;Grant et al 1995;Bourland et al 2000). Frisch et al (1992) used the QOLI in a study with three nonclinical samples and three clinical samples.…”

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Dysthymia among Substance Abusers: An Exploratory Study of Individual and Mental Health Factors

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“…Convergent and divergent validity was demonstrated in clinical and nonclinical populations (Frisch et al, 1992). Discriminant validity of the QOLI was also demonstrated in a sample of older adults (Bourland et al, 2000). …”

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Psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 in older primary care patients

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Journal of Affective Disorders

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The Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) was designed to efficiently measure the core symptoms of anxiety and depression and has demonstrated positive psychometric properties in adult samples of anxiety and depression patients and student samples. Despite these findings, the psychometric properties of the DASS remain untested in older adults, for whom the identification of efficient measures of these constructs is especially important.To determine the psychometric properties of the DASS 21-item version in older adults, we analyzed data from 222 medical patients seeking treatment to manage worry. Consistent with younger samples, a three-factor structure best fit the data. Results also indicated good internal consistency, excellent convergent validity, and good discriminative validity, especially for the depression scale. Receiver operating curve analyses indicated that the DASS-21 predicted the diagnostic presence of generalized anxiety disorder and depression as well as other commonly used measures.These data suggest that the DASS may be used with older adults in lieu of multiple scales designed to measure similar constructs, thereby reducing participant burden and facilitating assessment in settings with limited assessment resources. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. NIH Public Access Psychometric Properties of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 in Older Primary Care PatientsLovibond and Lovibond (1995a) developed a single measure to assess the core symptoms of depression and anxiety while maximizing discriminant validity between these constructs. Using an empirically driven iterative process, they identified a third factor, which they labeled stress. Their research resulted in the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS), which consists of 42 items comprising three scales of 14 items. Items refer to the past week; and scores range from 0, "Did not apply to me at all," to 4, "Applied to me very much, or most of the time." The Depression scale measures hopelessness, low self-esteem, and low positive affect. The Anxiety scale assesses autonomic arousal, physiological hyperarousal, and the subjective feeling of fear. The Stress scale items measure tension, agitation, and negative affect. Brown, et al., 1997;Clara et al., 2001), , and Depression -Stress (.57 -.79). Older AdultsDespite encouraging psychometric data with the DASS in younger adults, the measure remains untested in older adults. Given the high prevalence of anxiety, depression, and comorbid anxiety-depression in older adults and the need for briefer instruments that efficiently ev...

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“…QOLI has demonstrated strong psychometric properties (Bourland et al 2000;Frisch et al 1992;Grant et al 1995;McAlinden and Oei 2006). One study used the QOLI to measure life satisfaction with three nonclinical samples and three clinical samples (Frisch et al 1992).…”

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Mental Health and Substance Use Characteristics of Flight Attendants Enrolled in an In-Patient Substance Abuse Treatment Program

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The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence rates of co-occurring mental health problems among 70 flight attendants in substance abuse treatment. Results indicated that flight attendants in treatment were more likely to experience alcohol dependency than drug dependency. A high proportion of participants reported clinical levels of anxiety, major depressive disorder, dysthymia, and dependent personality disorder. Quality of life indicators suggested that the flight attendants were slightly above average in life satisfaction for a treatment population. Implications for clinical practice with this population were also discussed.

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Quality of life in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder

Cited by 83 publications

References 51 publications

Dysthymia among Substance Abusers: An Exploratory Study of Individual and Mental Health Factors

Dysthymia among Substance Abusers: An Exploratory Study of Individual and Mental Health Factors

Psychometric properties of the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 in older primary care patients

Mental Health and Substance Use Characteristics of Flight Attendants Enrolled in an In-Patient Substance Abuse Treatment Program

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