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- Anxiety symptoms can affect up to 40% of children and adolescents with chronic health conditions, highlighting the need for effective assessment methods.
- The STAI-P, a caregiver proxy version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, was developed to help evaluate state anxiety in chronically ill youth.
- The study found that the STAI-P scores correlate with self-reported anxiety and other factors like parent distress and functional status, suggesting it could be a valuable tool for identifying anxiety in these young patients.
Article Abstract
Anxiety symptoms in children and adolescents with a chronic health condition have been estimated as high as 40% lifetime prevalence. Clinicians often rely on parent/caregiver information to supplement or substitute child self-report related to pediatric physical and mental health. We developed a caregiver proxy version (STAI-P) for the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) State Anxiety Scale that was compared with a child self-report version in 201 parent-child dyads to evaluate its utility in measuring state anxiety in chronically ill youth. For patients aged 7-12, self-reports of state anxiety were moderately associated with parent distress and health provider-reported functional status, but negatively associated with parent STAI-P scores. For patients aged 13-17, self-reports of state anxiety were significantly associated with STAI-P scores, parent distress, and health provider-reported functional status. The STAI-P parent version may be a useful tool in identifying and addressing anxiety symptoms in youth living with a chronic health condition.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6874919 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10880-019-09631-5 | DOI Listing |
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