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Anxiety symptoms in older home health care recipients
— prevalence and associates | | Author(s) | Nimali Jayasinghe |
| Journal title | Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 32, no 3, July-September 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, July-September 2013 |
| Pages | pp 163-177 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Home care services ; Anxiety ; Symptoms ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | This study examined the prevalence and associates of anxiety symptoms in older home health care recipients who completed structured interviews assessing sociodemographic, cognitive, medical, disability and psychosocial variables _ including anxiety (assessed by the Clinical Anxiety Scale). Mild or moderate anxiety was reported by 3.6% of the sample. No anxiety symptoms were reported by 63.9%, while the remaining endorsed at least one symptom. Binary logistic regression analysis revealed that the odds of having any anxiety were elevated among participants who had had a recent fall and those with major depression. These findings point to the importance of conducting studies to clarify whether the mild severity of anxiety found in this sample is best accounted for by protective factors inherent to the home health care setting or assessment factors that diminish the reporting of anxiety symptoms. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130920216 A |
| Classmark | NH: ENP: CT: 4C |
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