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| The development of a valid and reliable scale for rating anxiety in dementia (RAID) | | Author(s) | K K Shankar, M Walker, D Frost |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 3, no 1, February 1999 |
| Pages | pp 39-49 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Dementia ; In-patients ; Day patients ; Assessment procedures for mental patients. |
| Annotation | A rating scale to measure anxiety in dementia sufferers was developed and evaluated in a sample of 51 in-patients and 32 day hospital patients. Anxiety scores were not related to sex, age, accommodation or DSM-IV diagnosis of the type of dementia. However, both subjects with physical illnesses and subjects with insight into their memory problems had significantly higher anxiety scores. Kappa values and overall agreement on individual items for inter-rater reliability and for test-retest reliability indicated moderate to good reliability. Professionals working in the care of older people and carer groups felt that the scale was comprehensive and all the items in the scale were important, and confirmed it as having good content validity. The scale significantly correlated with other anxiety scales and with independent ratings both by a consultant psychiatrist and nursing staff, indicating good concurrent validity. Anxiety scores were significantly higher in dementia patients who fulfilled modified DSM criteria for anxiety and clinical diagnosis of anxiety disorder, showing evidence of good criterion validity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990607010 A |
| Classmark | ENP: EA: LF7: LFC: DA:4C |
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