Using a 0-10 Scale for Assessment of Anxiety in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Abstract
Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) often experience anxiety, an emotion that predicts adverse physiologic outcomes. Critical care clinicians have not adopted an anxiety assessment instrument for widespread use, due in part to the unavailability of an easy-to-administer anxiety instrument that is not burdensome to either clinicians or critically ill patients. To determine whether a single-item anxiety assessment instrument, the Anxiety Level Index (ALI), is a valid alternative to the State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) or the anxiety subscale of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in assessing state anxiety for patients with AMI. In this prospective multi-center study, 243 inpatients with AMI rated their anxiety using the SAI, the anxiety subscale of the BSI, and the ALI. Anxiety Level Index scores were compared to SAI and BSI anxiety subscale scores using Spearman's rho test and the Bland-Altman method.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA424770
Entities
People
- Bonnie J. Garvin
- Kyungeh An
- Lynne A. Hall
- Marla J. De Jong
- Sharon Mckinley
Organizations
- University of Kentucky