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Title: | Prevalance and structure of anxiety-depression in an Australian community sample | Contributor(s): | Sharpley, Christopher (author) ; Bitsika, Vicki (author) ; Jesulola, Emmanuel (author); Agnew, Linda (author) | Publication Date: | 2016 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.12740/APP/62976 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20266 | Abstract: | Aims: To describe the prevalence and factor structure of anxiety-depression in a community sample and to derive indicators for treatment planning. Method: A sample of 398 members of the electoral roll for the New England region of Australia were recruited at random and completed the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale. Results: The prevalence of anxiety-depression was 28.1%, over twice that for either anxiety or depression alone. The anxiety-depression construct comprised four underlying factors: cognitive agitation and depressed mood, pessimism, cardiovascular reactivity, pain and sleep disturbance. There were different patterns of these four factors across anxiety-only, depression-only and combined anxiety-depression, with evidence of a unique symptomatological profile in participants with clinically significant levels of anxiety-depression. Conclusions: Treatment decisions for anxiety and depression need to go beyond consideration of the two disorders separately to include the underlying factor severity of the combined construct of anxiety-depression. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Archives of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, 18(2), p. 29-39 | Publisher: | Polskie Towarzystwo Psychiatryczne [Polish Society of Psychiatry] | Place of Publication: | Poland | ISSN: | 2083-828X 1509-2046 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy) 110903 Central Nervous System |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 320903 Central nervous system | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 920111 Nervous System and Disorders | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 200409 Mental health | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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