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Assessment of anxiety in older adults
— a systematic review of commonly used measures | | Author(s) | Zoe Therrien, John Hunsley |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 16, no 1-2, January-March 2012 |
| Pages | pp 1-16 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Evaluation ; Literature reviews ; Methodology ; Measurement ; Instruments. |
| Annotation | This article set out to systematically review the research literature in order to identify anxiety measures most commonly used in the assessment of older adults. Once identified, the literature was reviewed to determine the extent to which these instruments had age-relevant norms and psychometric data supporting their use with older adults. After screening for suitability, 213 articles were reviewed to determine the most commonly used anxiety measures with older adults to examine the psychometric properties of these instruments and to evaluate whether the instruments were appropriate for use with older adults. 91 different anxiety measures were used in the articles concerned. Twelve anxiety measures were most commonly used in the literature and of those three were specifically developed for older adults. Of the most commonly used measures, the majority lacked sufficient evidence to warrant their use with older adults. Based on psychometric evidence, three measures (Beck Anxiety Inventory, Penn State Worry Questionnaire, and Geriatric Mental Status Examination) showed psychometric properties sufficient to justify the use of these instruments when assessing anxiety in older adults. In addition, two measures developed specifically for older adults (Worry Scale and Geriatric Anxiety Inventory) were also found to be appropriate for use with older adults. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120820001 A |
| Classmark | ENP: 4C: 64A: 3D: 3R: YW4 |
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