Abstract
This study assessed the concurrent validity of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (Ham-A) for evaluating anxiety in a group of 46 Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. The magnitude of correlations between the scales was high (all p<0.01), indicating a good concurrent validity. The item-by item analysis indicated that the main characteristics of anxiety in PD patients were ‘inability to relax’, ‘restlessness or inability to feel calm’ and ‘feeling tense’. The association between anxiety, as measured by the HADS-A, with demographic characteristics or clinical features of PD was not significant, supporting existing data suggesting that anxiety in PD is not closely correlated with the severity of motor symptoms or the degree of disability. The HADS-A may be the most appropriate scale for documenting patient-reported anxiety in depression.
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Questo studio indaga la validità nel valutare l’ansia in un gruppo di 46 pazienti con malattia di Parkinson dell’Inventario per l’ansia di stato e di tratto (STAI-Y), della Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) e della scala Hamilton per l’ansia (Ham-A). Il livello di correlazione tra le scale è elevato (p<0.01), indicando una buona validità convergente. L’analisi dei singoli items mostra che le principali caratteristiche dell’ansia nei pazienti con malattia di Parkinson sono “l’incapacità a rilassarsi”, “l’irrequietezza o incapacità a stare calmo” e “il sentirsi teso”. L’associazione tra l’ansia, misurata con l’HADS, e le caratteristiche demografiche del campione e/o gli aspetti clinici della malattia di Parkinson non è significativa. Tale risultato sostiene i dati presenti in letteratura che suggeriscono che l’ansia nella malattia di Parkinson non è strettamente correlata con la gravità dei sintomi motori o con il livello di disabilità.
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Mondolo, F., Jahanshahi, M., Granà, A. et al. Evaluation of anxiety in Parkinson’s disease with some commonly used rating scales. Neurol Sci 28, 270–275 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-007-0834-9
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