A Survey on Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Its Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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A Survey on Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Its Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Korean Journal of Psychology: General / Korean Journal of Psychology: General, (P)1229-067X; (E)2734-1127

2008, v.27 no.3, pp.711-736

(2008). A Survey on Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Its Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Korean Journal of Psychology: General, 27(3), 711-736.

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The present survey was conducted to investigate the status of and risk factors for generalized anxiety disorder(GAD) in older adults. The Korean version of the Worry and Anxiety Questionnaire as well as other questions of interest was administered by expert interviewers to 833 older adults aged 65 and over dwelling in the areas of Chuncheon and Whacheon, Gangwon-do. The percent of older adults meeting the DSM-Ⅳ criteria of GAD was 2.76%. As expected, its percent was marginally higher in female group than in male group. Of several risk factors, socioeconomic status, perceived risk health, and ageism were significantly associated with both the diagnosis of GAD and the level of GAD symptoms. Additionally, sex and social support had significant associations with the latter. Next, the effects of sex differences in association with risk factors were explored. In males, perceived risk health was significantly associated with both the diagnosis of GAD and the level of GAD symptoms, whereas in females socioeconomic status was significantly associated with both of them. While ageism was significantly associated with the level of GAD symptoms in men, perceived risk health, ageism, and social support were significantly associated with the level of GAD symptoms in women. Of their worry themes, the frequency of worry about family was the highest, and then the health of self, finance, the health of significant others were in descending order of frequency. Elderly women were more likely to report worries about family and the health of self than elderly men, while the latter was more likely to report worries about finance, the health of significant others, work/occupation, and community/world affairs than the former. Lastly, the results were discussed in terms of the frequency of GAD features as well as the need for preventive and therapeutic interventions for the problems of older adults.

keywords: generalized anxiety disorder, worry, risk factors, community-dwelling older adults, epidemiological study, 일반화된 불안장애, 걱정, 위험요인, 지역사회 거주 노인, 역학 조사, generalized anxiety disorder, worry, risk factors, community-dwelling older adults, epidemiological study

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A Survey on Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Its Risk Factors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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Korean Journal of Psychology: General