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Diagnostic and Clinical Utility of the GAD-2 for Screening Anxiety Symptoms in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis.

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OBJECTIVE:To assess the diagnostic and clinical utility of the 2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-2) for screening anxiety symptoms in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). DESIGN:Cross-sectional. SETTING:University-affiliated MS neurology and rehabilitation center. PARTICIPANTS:The sample comprised adults (N=99) (ages 19-72; mean ± SD=46.2±13.0; 75% women) with a physician-confirmed MS diagnosis who were receiving care in a university-affiliated MS center. Disease durations ranged from 1 to 37 years (mean ± SD=10.7±8.4). INTERVENTIONS:Not applicable. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:Participants completed the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) and GAD-2. Internal consistency was calculated for both measures. Area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC), the 95% confidence interval for the AUC, and Youden's J were calculated to determine the optimal GAD-2 cutoff score for identifying clinically significant anxiety symptoms, as defined by the previously validated GAD-7 cutoff score of ≥8. RESULTS:Internal consistency was excellent for the GAD-7 (Cronbach α=.91) and acceptable for the GAD-2 (α=.77), and the measures were highly correlated (r=.94). The GAD-2 had excellent overall accuracy for identifying clinically significant anxiety symptoms (AUC=0.97; 95% confidence interval, 0.94-1.00). A GAD-2 cutoff score of ≥3 provided an optimal balance of good sensitivity (0.87) and excellent specificity (0.92) for detecting clinically significant anxiety symptoms. Alternatively, a cutoff score of ≥2 provided excellent sensitivity (1.00) and fair specificity (0.76). CONCLUSIONS:The GAD-2 is a clinically useful and psychometrically valid tool for screening anxiety symptoms in MS rehabilitation and neurology care settings. Importantly, this tool has the potential to identify individuals with MS who are at risk for anxiety disorders and who may benefit from rehabilitation psychology interventions to ultimately improve functioning and quality of life.

journal_name

Arch Phys Med Rehabil

journal_title

Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation

authors

Hughes AJ,Dunn KM,Chaffee T,Bhattarai JJ,Beier M

doi

10.1016/j.apmr.2018.05.029

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Has Abstract

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2018-10-01 00:00:00

pages

2045-2049

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0003-9993

issn

1532-821X

pii

S0003-9993(18)30390-3

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Diagnostic and Clinical Utility of the GAD-2 for Screening Anxiety Symptoms in Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis.