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Relationship between anxiety and quality of life in older mental health patients
Author(s) -
Sarma Shanthi I,
Byrne Gerard J
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
australasian journal on ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-6612
pISSN - 1440-6381
DOI - 10.1111/ajag.12102
Subject(s) - anxiety , mental health , quality of life (healthcare) , depression (economics) , psychology , psychiatry , clinical psychology , scale (ratio) , mental health service , gerontology , medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics
Aim This study aims to investigate the impact of anxiety on quality of life ( QOL ) in older people with mental disorders. Method Forty patients from a district Older Persons Mental Health Service were assessed using the Mini‐International Neuropsychiatric Interview ( MINI ‐5). They then completed the brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale ( WHOQOL‐BREF ), Geriatric Anxiety Inventory and Geriatric Depression Scale. Results Self‐reported anxiety was significantly associated with reduced overall QOL on the WHOQOL‐BREF . Anxiety was also associated with the psychological, social and environmental domains of the WHOQOL‐BREF , but not with the physical health domain. Anxiety was correlated with more individual domains of QOL than depression. Conclusions Anxiety makes a significant contribution to self‐rated QOL in older people with serious mental disorders.