Quality of life in older adults with generalized anxiety disorder

被引:66
作者
Bourland, SL
Stanley, MA
Snyder, AG
Novy, DM
Beck, JG
Averill, PM
Swann, AC
机构
[1] Univ Texas, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1080/713649960
中图分类号
R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号
03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
Improving the quality of life is an important goal in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The current study described subjective quality of life, or life satisfaction, in a sample of older adults with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Patients with GAD were compared to other anxious and nonpsychiatric samples on measures of life satisfaction. Older adults with GAD reported lower quality of life than did nonpsychiatric samples; levels of life satisfaction were comparable between older adults with GAD and younger adults with social phobia. Predictors of quality of life for the GAD sample were examined. Severity of depression predicted decreased life satisfaction as measured by both the Quality of Life Inventory (QOLI) and the Life Satisfaction Index (LSI-Z). Severity of anxiety predicted poorer quality of life as measured by the QOLI, and optimism predicted better life satisfaction as measured by the LSI-Z. The findings suggest that quality of life is diminished in older adults with GAD, and that additional factors also affect quality of life for these patients.
引用
收藏
页码:315 / 323
页数:9
相关论文
共 65 条
[1]   Health related quality of life among insulin-dependent diabetics: Disease-related and psychosocial correlates [J].
Aalto, AM ;
Uutela, A ;
Aro, AR .
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING, 1997, 30 (03) :215-225
[2]  
AKKERMAN RL, UNPUB STRATEGIES REC
[3]  
American Psychiatric Association, 2000, Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, V5th, DOI [10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596, DOI 10.1176/APPI.BOOKS.9780890425596]
[4]  
[Anonymous], BRIDG SCI SERV
[5]  
[Anonymous], 1994, MANUAL TREATMENT GUI
[6]  
Beck A.T., 1987, BECK DEPRESSION INVE
[7]  
Beck J. G., 1995, J CLIN GEROPSYCHOLOG, V1, P33, DOI [https://doi.org/10.1016/0005-7967(92)90093-V, DOI 10.1016/0005-7967(92)90093-V]
[8]   Characteristics of generalized anxiety disorder in older adults: A descriptive study [J].
Beck, JG ;
Stanley, MA ;
Zebb, BJ .
BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY, 1996, 34 (03) :225-234
[9]  
BLAZER D, 1991, ANXIETY IN THE ELDERLY, P17
[10]   PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE IN A CLINICAL ANXIETY DISORDERS SAMPLE [J].
BROWN, TA ;
ANTONY, MM ;
BARLOW, DH .
BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH AND THERAPY, 1992, 30 (01) :33-37