Reliability and validity of the Swedish version of the modified Yale Preoperative Anxiety Scale

2011 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. PROCZKOWSKA-BJÖRKLUND ◽  
I. GIMBLER BERGLUND ◽  
E. ERICSSON
2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyuwhan Jung ◽  
Mi-Hyang Im ◽  
Jeong-Min Hwang ◽  
Ah-Young Oh ◽  
Moon Seok Park ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengjiao Zhang ◽  
Xitong Liu ◽  
Tianran Hu ◽  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Lingyi Pan ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Preoperative anxiety is a common psychological reaction in perioperative patients. The absence of a valid measurement tool of it hinders the evaluation of interventions to treat preoperative anxiety in China. This study aims to develop the Perioperative Anxiety Scale-7 (PAS-7) and to test its reliability, validity and cut-off value. Methods A total of 280 patients over 16 years old who were undergoing elective surgery were recruited to complete the PAS-7 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7) one day before surgery. Results The PAS-7 included 7 items, which were divided into two dimensions: mental anxiety and somatic anxiety. These two dimensions could explain 74.294% of the population variance. The internal consistency of each dimension ranged from 0.761–0.933. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model fit of the scale was good (χ2= 34.798, df = 13, χ2/df = 2.677, CFI = 0.949, GFI = 0.924, RMSEA = 0.115). The correlations between the GAD-7 and each dimension and the total score of the scale were significant. A cut-off score of 8, maximizing the Youden Index, yielded a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 84.6% (95% CI: 0.88–0.97). Conclusions The PAS-7 had good reliability and validity and could be used as an effective tool to evaluate preoperative anxiety.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengjiao Zhang ◽  
Xitong Liu ◽  
Tianran Hu ◽  
Fei Zhang ◽  
Lingyi Pan ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Preoperative anxiety is a common psychological reaction in perioperative patients. The absence of a valid measurement tool hinders the evaluation of interventions to treat preoperative anxiety in China. This study aims to develop the Perioperative Anxiety Scale-7 (PAS-7) and test its reliability, validity, and cut-off value. Methods A total of 280 patients over 16 years old (M = 55.1, SD = 14.3) who were undergoing elective surgery were recruited to complete the PAS-7 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 scale (GAD-7) one day before surgery. Results The PAS-7 included seven items divided into two dimensions: mental anxiety and somatic anxiety. These two dimensions could explain 74.294% of the population variance. The internal consistency of each dimension ranged from 0.761–0.933. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model fit of the scale was good (χ2= 34.798, df = 13, χ2/df = 2.677, CFI = 0.949, TLI = 0.918, SRMR = 0.057, RMSEA = 0.115). The correlations between the GAD-7 and each dimension and the scale’s total score were significant (0.711–0.789). A cut-off score of 8, maximizing the Youden Index, yielded a sensitivity of 75% and a specificity of 84.6% (95% CI: 0.88 ~ 0.97). Conclusions The PAS-7 had good reliability and validity and could be used as an effective tool to evaluate preoperative anxiety.


2004 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek ◽  
Joaquin Tomás-Sabádo ◽  
Juana Gómez-Benito

Summary: To construct a Spanish version of the Kuwait University Anxiety Scale (S-KUAS), the Arabic and English versions of the KUAS have been separately translated into Spanish. To check the comparability in terms of meaning, the two Spanish preliminary translations were thoroughly scrutinized vis-à-vis both the Arabic and English forms by several experts. Bilingual subjects served to explore the cross-language equivalence of the English and Spanish versions of the KUAS. The correlation between the total scores on both versions was .93, and the t value was .30 (n.s.), denoting good similarity. The Alphas and 4-week test-retest reliabilities were greater than .84, while the criterion-related validity was .70 against scores on the trait subscale of the STAI. These findings denote good reliability and validity of the S-KUAS. Factor analysis yielded three high-loaded factors of Behavioral/Subjective, Cognitive/Affective, and Somatic Anxiety, equivalent to the original Arabic version. Female (n = 210) undergraduates attained significantly higher mean scores than their male (n = 102) counterparts. For the combined group of males and females, the correlation between the total score on the S-KUAS and age was -.17 (p < .01). By and large, the findings of the present study provide evidence of the utility of the S-KUAS in assessing trait anxiety levels in the Spanish undergraduate context.


2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Devapriya Appukuttan ◽  
Mythireyi Datchnamurthy ◽  
Sherley P. Deborah ◽  
Gladius J. Hirudayaraj ◽  
Anupama Tadepalli ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-143
Author(s):  
Anne Y.R. Kühlmann ◽  
Nisson Lahdo ◽  
Lonneke M. Staals ◽  
Monique Dijk

1979 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 293-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. G. Warren ◽  
P. N. Chopra

Data derived from an administration of the Death Anxiety Scale [1] to Australian samples is analyzed with a view to providing comparative cross-cultural observations as well as some indication of realiability and validity in the Australian context. Measures of central tendency and dispersion and sex differences were found to be comparable with other surveys of similar groups to those of the present study. The Scale does not appear to suffer from acquisence set, is internally reliable and groups that would be expected to score lower than others, do so – providing some indication of construct validity. The Scale is not “factorially-pure,” however, and at least three “sub-scales” can be identified. These sub-scales are analyzed and discussed.


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