Sanford Stacy D, Bush Andrew J, Stone Kristen C, Lichstein Kenneth L, Aguillard Neal
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Behav Sleep Med. 2008;6(3):193-205. doi: 10.1080/15402000802162596.
This study aimed to document the psychometric properties of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) within a population with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), given concerns about overlapping symptomatology between anxiety and sleep apnea. Results supported good internal consistency and convergent and discriminant validity for the BAI and a single-factor solution for men, women, and the total sample. Women had higher scores than men, and discriminant analyses differentiated men from women based on item responses. The BAI has acceptable reliability and validity within a SDB population, supporting its use as a gauge of anxiety severity in individuals with SDB. This is a preliminary study to measure anxiety severity in SDB; future research is needed to determine the utility of the BAI as a diagnostic screener.
鉴于焦虑与睡眠呼吸暂停之间存在重叠症状，本研究旨在记录贝克焦虑量表（BAI）在睡眠呼吸障碍（SDB）人群中的心理测量特性。结果支持BAI具有良好的内部一致性、收敛效度和区分效度，并且男性、女性及总样本均适用单因素解决方案。女性得分高于男性，判别分析根据项目反应区分了男性和女性。BAI在SDB人群中具有可接受的信度和效度，支持将其用作评估SDB个体焦虑严重程度的指标。这是一项测量SDB中焦虑严重程度的初步研究；需要进一步的研究来确定BAI作为诊断筛查工具的效用。
