Screening and Assessing Adolescent Asthmatics for Anxiety Disorders

Carolyn J. M. Ross, Terry M. A. Davis and D. Y. Hogg
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Carolyn J. M. Ross: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, carolyn.ross@ualberta.ca
Terry M. A. Davis: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
D. Y. Hogg: Alberta Association of Registered Nurses, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Clinical Nursing Research, 2007, vol. 16, issue 1, 5-24

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate a strategy designed to permit early detection of anxiety disorders in adolescent asthmatics. Adolescents with asthma ( N = 53) were screened for anxiety disorders using the Trait subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children [STAI-C (Trait)] and the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children (MASC). Adolescents and their parents were individually evaluated by a nurse trained in the administration of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule-IV: Parent and Child Versions (ADIS-IV: P&C). Of the participants, 21 (40%) met the diagnostic criteria for one or more anxiety disorders. The STAI-C (Trait) was more effective than the MASC in screening adolescents for risk of coexisting anxiety disorders. Nurses trained to administer the ADIS-IV: P&C diagnosed anxiety disorders with a high degree of accuracy. These results have important implications for resolving the problem of unrecognized and untreated anxiety disorders in the adolescent asthmatic population.

Keywords: adolescents; asthma; anxiety disorders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773806295235

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