在被艾滋病毒影响的年轻成年人中优化通用焦虑症查:心理测量分析
Corey Morrison1, Claude A Mellins1, Clayton Synder2
1HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr #15, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Journal of mood and anxiety disorders
|November 1, 2024
概括
通用焦虑障碍 (GAD) 查工具,GAD-7和GAD-2,对艾滋病毒感染的年轻人来说是有前途的. 降低切割分数可能会改善焦虑检测,而不会在这个人群中失去临床实用性.
科学领域:
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 艾滋病毒/艾滋病临床研究 临床研究
- 心理测量验证 心理测量验证
背景情况:
- 一般性焦虑障碍 (GAD) 在艾滋病毒感染者中很常见,影响健康结果.
- 患有围产期获得的艾滋病毒 (YAPHIV) 的年轻人以及围产期暴露但未感染的年轻人 (YAPHEU) 需要有效的焦虑查.
- 通用焦虑障碍尺度-7项 (GAD-7) 和其2项 (GAD-2) 版本是潜在的查工具.
研究的目的:
- 评估GAD-7和GAD-2查工具的适用性和准确性.
- 确定患有围产期获得的HIV (YAPHIV) 和围产期暴露但未感染 (YAPHEU) 的年轻成年人GAD-7和GAD-2的最佳切割分数.
- 评估艾滋病毒状况,种族和种族对查工具性能的影响.
主要方法:
- 利用了9-16岁年轻人参与的纵向研究的第7次随访采访 (FU7) 的数据.
- 与儿童诊断面试时间表第四版 (DISC-IV) 一起使用GAD-7.
- 员工接收器操作特征 (ROC) 分析以评估准确性,灵敏性和特异性;进行子组分析.
主要成果:
- 推的GAD-7 (>10) 和GAD-2 (>3) 切割分数显示出低于最佳的灵敏度 (0.52,0.48),但具有高的特异性 (0.91,0.90).
- 将切割分数降低到GAD-7>6和GAD-2>2提高了灵敏度 (0.76,0.80),同时略有降低了特异性 (0.77,0.78).
- 查工具的准确性在YAPHIV和YAPHEU群体之间是可比的;种族/种族没有显著改变切割分数.
结论:
- GAD-7和GAD-2显示出在YAPHIV和YAPHEU中进行焦虑查的潜力,但目前的切割分数可能需要调整.
- 优化切割分数可以提高对焦虑检测的敏感性,保持临床效用.
- 需要进一步的研究来完善切割分数,考虑到人口因素和有效的焦虑查的全球适用性.
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