Feasibility study of the digital grading scale applied for assessment of anxiety

VernacularTitle:数字分级评分尺用于焦虑程度评估的可行性研究
Author: Haiqin CHEN ¹ ; Meiying XU ; Xinhua SHEN ; Guoying QIAN ; Hua ZHONG ; Juanfen JIANG
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1. 313000 浙江省湖州市第三人民医院护理部
Keywords: Anxiety; Risk assessment; Digital grading scale; Hamilton Anxiety Scale
From: Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing 2016;22(8):1104-1106
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To explore the feasibility of the digital grading scale applied for assessment of anxiety by nurses. Methods Firstly, the digital grading scale was made, and then it was applied for patients guided by nurses to evaluate their anxiety level by themselves within 24 hours and at 3 weeks after admission. Anxiety level of the same crowd guided by doctors was also evaluated independently with Hamilton Anxiety Scale ( HAMA) by blind method. Results The correlation coefficent of the score between the digital grading scale and HAMA was 0. 794 (P<0. 01), and the score between them was positively related. Scores of the digital grading scale were compared with HAMA whose scores were divided into 5 groups according to severity level with significant differences (P <0. 01). Conclusions The digital grading scale has an obvious correlation with HAMA and it can be used to evaluate anxiety level in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.