Anxiety and depression in mothers of children undergoing bone marrow transplant: Symptom prevalence and use of the Beck Depression and Beck Anxiety Inventories as screening instruments Journal Article
| Authors: | Manne, S.; Nereo, N.; Duhamel, K.; Ostroff, J.; Parsons, S.; Martini, R.; Williams, S.; Mee, L.; Sexson, S.; Lewis, J.; Vickberg, S. J.; Redd, W. H. |
| Article Title: | Anxiety and depression in mothers of children undergoing bone marrow transplant: Symptom prevalence and use of the Beck Depression and Beck Anxiety Inventories as screening instruments |
| Abstract: | This study examined anxiety and depressive symptoms among 115 mothers of children undergoing bone marrow transplant and evaluated the ability of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI; A. T. Beck, N. Epstein, et al., 1988) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; A. T. Beck, 1978) to serve as screening tools for assessing generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD), and major depressive disorder (MDD). Mothers with BAI or BDI scores greater than or equal to 14 were administered a structured clinical interview. An additional 20% was randomly selected for interview to determine whether the scale cutoff was an accurate screening method. Among the 64 mothers interviewed, 20% received at least 1 of the 3 diagnoses. Although the BAI did not demonstrate predictive accuracy in assessing GAD and PD, the BDI did in assessing MDD. The results suggest that a subset of mothers may have an anxiety or depressive disorder and that investigators should use caution before using the BAI as a screening instrument for anxiety disorder. |
| Keywords: | adolescent; adult; child; child, preschool; middle aged; major clinical study; clinical feature; prevalence; diagnostic approach route; questionnaires; depression; disease severity; infant; predictive value of tests; screening test; bone marrow transplantation; mothers; anxiety disorders; depressive disorder, major; mother child relation; mother-child relations; humans; human; female; article; anxiety neurosis |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology |
| Volume: | 69 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 0022-006X |
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
| Date Published: | 2001-12-01 |
| Start Page: | 1037 |
| End Page: | 1047 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1037//0022-006x.69.6.1037 |
| PUBMED: | 11777107 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Export Date: 21 May 2015 -- Source: Scopus |
