Early evidence of the Italian validation of the Trait Anxiety Scale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Delvecchio ◽  
Clarissa Cavallina ◽  
Daniela Di Riso ◽  
Claudia Mazzeschi
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Italian Validation ◽  
Early Evidence

scholarly journals Comparison of different scales for the evaluation of anxiety and compliance with anesthetic induction in children undergoing scheduled major outpatient surgery

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Vieco-García ◽  
Amanda López-Picado ◽  
Manuel Fuentes ◽  
Laura Francisco-González ◽  
Belén Joyanes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Outpatient Surgery ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Preoperative Anxiety ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Anesthetic Induction ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Assessment Scales ◽  
Surgical Unit

Abstract Introduction Anxiety in children triggered by a scheduled surgical intervention is a major issue due to its frequency and consequences. Preoperative anxiety is associated with increased patient fear and agitation on anesthetic induction. The aim of this study is to compare three preoperative anxiety scales for children undergoing elective outpatient surgery, and to correlate each of these tools with the degree of patient compliance on induction, as assessed by the Induction Compliance Checklist (ICC). Methods An observational prospective study was performed on a cohort of children with ages between 2 and 16 years old, scheduled for outpatient surgery. Anxiety was assessed upon arrival to the hospital (M0), during transfer to the surgical unit (M1), and in the operating room during anesthetic induction (M2). Anxiety in the parents (measured with the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, STAI) and in the children (measured with the Spence Anxiety Scale-Pediatric, SCAS-P, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Children, STAIC, and Modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale, m-YPAS) was assessed. Compliance with anesthetic induction was assessed with ICC. Results The study included 76 patients (72.4% male, median age 7.9 years). Anxiety scores (m-YPAS) increased as the moment of surgery approached, being greater at the entrance to the surgical unit (M0 = 26.1 ± 9.5; M1 = 31.8 ± 18.1; M2 = 33.5 ± 21.1). A strong correlation was found between ICC scale and m-YPAS at M1 (0.738) and M2 timepoints (0.794), but not with the rest of scales at M0. Conclusions Standard anxiety assessment scales do not predict the quality of anesthetic induction. m-YPAS scale can detect increasing anxiety in children as they approach the surgical procedure and this correlates strongly with a worse anesthetic induction, defined by higher score on ICC scale.

Prevalence of Anxiety among Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery

2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 657-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Elkins ◽  
M. Hasan Rajab ◽  
Joel Marcus ◽  
Raymond Staniunas
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Surgery ◽  
General Anesthesia ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Postsurgical Pain

To assess prevalence of anxiety 36 consecutive patients undergoing colorectal surgery with general anesthesia were interviewed on the day of surgery and completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. Postsurgical ratings of pain and anxiety were obtained within 24 hours after surgery. Analysis indicated that 29 scored moderate or higher on the State Anxiety scale prior to surgery. The correlations for scores on presurgical Trait Anxiety with postsurgical pain and Trait Anxiety scores were significant ( p<.01) but not that for pre- and postsurgical State Anxiety

Locus of Control and Anxiety in Emotionally Disturbed Children

1974 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 469-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Finch ◽  
W. M. Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Two Measures ◽  
Manifest Anxiety ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed Children

2 measures of locus of control and two measures of anxiety were administered to 50 emotionally disturbed children. Whether locus of control was significantly related to anxiety was dependent on the measure of anxiety employed. The Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale correlated significantly with both measures of locus of control. However, neither the A-state not the A-trait portion of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory for Children was correlated significantly with locus of control. All measures of anxiety intercorrelated significantly. The magnitude of the correlation between measures of locus of control was small if both assessed the same construct.

Relationship of the Dental Anxiety Scale to the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

1974 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 946-946 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matisyohu Weisenberg ◽  
Michael L. Kreindler ◽  
Robert Schachat
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Dental Anxiety ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Relationship Of

scholarly journals Support for the Reliability and Validity of a Six-Item State Anxiety Scale Derived From the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey Tluczek ◽  
Jeffrey B. Henriques ◽  
Roger L. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Trait Anxiety ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
The State ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽  
Patient Anxiety ◽  
Time Points ◽  
State Form

Identifying the most efficient and theoretically appropriate methods to assess patient anxiety in fast-paced medical environments may be beneficial for clinical purposes as well as for research. The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of two previously published six-item versions of the State form of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) and to identify the version that would be most appropriate to use with a sample of parents who had infants with normal or abnormal newborn screens. In the current study, confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to evaluate the fit of the two six-item forms with STAI data collected at three time points from 288 parents of 150 infants. Study groups of parents were based upon infant newborn screens and subsequent diagnostic testing to include cystic fibrosis (CF; n = 26), congenital hypothyroidism (CH; n = 39), CF Carriers (CF–C; n = 45), and healthy infants (H; n = 40). The results showed the version containing items 1, 3, 6, 15, 16, and 17 of the State form of the STAI to be a better fitting model across all three time points, and it had better internal consistency than the version containing items 5, 9, 10, 12, 17, and 20. Both short forms were highly correlated with the 20-item STAI score, and all internal consistency reliabilities were greater than .90. It was concluded that the version containing items 1, 3, 6, 15, 16, and 17 of the State Anxiety scale was a reliable and valid instrument for this study sample.

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