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Prevalence and correlates of anxiety among nursing home patients
How common anxiety is and what it's linked to in nursing home patients
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Abstract
The prevalence of anxiety disorders among nursing home patients is 5.7%.
- Subthreshold anxiety disorders were found in 4.2% of participants.
- Anxiety symptoms were observed in 29.7% of the nursing home patients.
- Health-related factors, such as a Mini-Mental State Examination score above 23, depression, and stroke, were significantly linked to anxiety disorders and subthreshold anxiety disorders.
- Demographic factors like more than six years of education, health issues such as depression, impaired vision, and pain, along with psychosocial factors like experiencing a recent negative life event, were significantly associated with anxiety symptoms.
- No care-related characteristics were found to be associated with anxiety.
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