Prevalence of anxiety in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: measurement equivalence of the HADS-A and the STAI-S.

W H EmonsMirela HabibovićS S Pedersen

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2019)

STAI-S and HADS-A reflect a common anxiety attribute, but using the recommended cutoff scores on the respective measures show very different prevalence rates and would classify patients as anxious with the STAI-S who would not be identified as such with the HADS-A. Clinicians and researchers should be aware of the inequivalence when using these measures for screening and determining the prevalence of probable clinical anxiety levels.

Keyphrases

risk factors
sleep quality
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
depressive symptoms
physical activity
patient reported outcomes