Sarma Shanthi I, Byrne Gerard J
Australas J Ageing. 2014 Sep;33(3):201-4. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12102.
This study aims to investigate the impact of anxiety on quality of life (QOL) in older people with mental disorders.
Forty patients from a district Older Persons Mental Health Service were assessed using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI-5).They then completed the brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF),Geriatric Anxiety Inventory and Geriatric Depression Scale.
Self-reported anxiety was significantly associated with reduced overall QOL on the WHOQOL-BREF.Anxiety was also associated with the psychological, social and environmental domains of the WHOQOL-BREF, but not with the physical health domain. Anxiety was correlated with more individual domains of QOL than depression.
Anxiety makes a significant contribution to self-rated QOL in older people with serious mental disorders.
本研究旨在调查焦虑对患有精神障碍的老年人生活质量（QOL）的影响。
使用迷你国际神经精神病学访谈量表（MINI-5）对来自某地区老年人心理健康服务机构的40名患者进行评估。然后他们完成了世界卫生组织生活质量量表简表（WHOQOL-BREF）、老年焦虑量表和老年抑郁量表。
自我报告的焦虑与WHOQOL-BREF上总体生活质量的降低显著相关。焦虑也与WHOQOL-BREF的心理、社会和环境领域相关，但与身体健康领域无关。与抑郁相比，焦虑与更多生活质量的个体领域相关。
焦虑对患有严重精神障碍的老年人自评生活质量有重大影响。
