OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effect of self-reported anxiety on the number of days persons with various general medical conditions spend in bed owing to disability. METHOD: Self-reported medical illness and disability data from a nationally representative household survey sample (N = 20,884) were analyzed. RESULTS: Among respondents with general medical conditions, those with self-reported anxiety had a nearly fourfold greater length of disability (mean = 18.0 bed days) than the nonanxious respondents (mean = 4.8 bed days). After adjustment for differences in demographic characteristics and burden of general medical illness, anxiety was associated with an additional 3.8 bed days. CONCLUSIONS: Self-reported anxiety in combination with general medical conditions may be associated with extensive functional impairment.
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effect of self-reported anxiety on the number of days persons with various general medical conditions spend in bed owing to disability. METHOD: Self-reported medical illness and disability data from a nationally representative household survey sample (N = 20,884) were analyzed. RESULTS: Among respondents with general medical conditions, those with self-reported anxiety had a nearly fourfold greater length of disability (mean = 18.0 bed days) than the nonanxious respondents (mean = 4.8 bed days). After adjustment for differences in demographic characteristics and burden of general medical illness, anxiety was associated with an additional 3.8 bed days. CONCLUSIONS: Self-reported anxiety in combination with general medical conditions may be associated with extensive functional impairment.
Authors: Gretchen A Brenes; Jack M Guralnik; Jeff D Williamson; Linda P Fried; Crystal Simpson; Eleanor M Simonsick; Brenda W J H Penninx Journal: J Am Geriatr Soc Date: 2005-01 Impact factor: 5.562
Authors: Michelle G Craske; Raphael D Rose; Ariel Lang; Stacy Shaw Welch; Laura Campbell-Sills; Greer Sullivan; Cathy Sherbourne; Alexander Bystritsky; Murray B Stein; Peter P Roy-Byrne Journal: Depress Anxiety Date: 2009 Impact factor: 6.505