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| Characterization of worry according to severity of anxiety in elderly living in the community | | Author(s) | I Montorio, R Nuevo, M Marquez |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 7, no 5, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 334-341 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Mental health [elderly] ; Living in the community ; Evaluation ; Spain. |
| Annotation | 85 Spanish people representing three levels of severity of anxiety - 74 non-clinical, 4 with sub-threshold anxiety, 7 with generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) - were assessed with different variables typically considered to be relevant for the analysis and characterisation of worry. Results indicate that the most remarkable differences in content of worry as a function of severity of anxiety occurred in the domains of worries about health and personal worries. Moreover, older people with high levels of anxiety worry more frequently and about more issues, and perceive less control over their worrying. Significant differences between groups in past and present orientation of worry were found. Worries were more frequent in GAD, and were concerned mainly towards the present and minor everyday problems in both those with GAD and non-clinical anxiety. Worry about minor things together with the extent to which worry interferes in daily life were the best discriminant variables for GAD, being better than core DSM-IV GAD criteria. This pattern of results suggests that the potential of a specific worry to affect daily well-being and quality of life is strongly related to the presence of a disorder. (H). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031007230 A |
| Classmark | ENP: D: K4: 4C: 76S |
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