Baker Amanda, Simon Naomi, Keshaviah Aparna, Farabaugh Amy, Deckersbach Thilo, Worthington John J, Hoge Elizabeth, Fava Maurizio, Pollack Mark P
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Gen Psychiatr. 2019 Dec 18;32(6):e100144. doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2019-100144. eCollection 2019.
The Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire (ASQ) is a brief self-report questionnaire which measures frequency and intensity of symptoms and was developed to improve assessment of anxiety symptoms in a clinical setting. We examined the reliability and validity of the ASQ in patients with anxiety disorders and/or depression, non-clinical control subjects and college students.
240 outpatients with generalised anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder or major depressive disorder were administered the ASQ and additional questionnaires measuring depression and anxiety, as were 111 non-clinical control subjects and 487 college students. Factor analysis, Pearson's correlation coefficients and logistic regression were used to assess reliability and validity. Test-retest reliability of the ASQ was measured using a subset who were re-administered the ASQ after 4 weeks.
Factor analysis revealed measurement of a single dimension by the ASQ. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability were strong. The ASQ total score also significantly distinguished patients with an anxiety disorder from the clinical controls above and beyond the clinician-rated Hamilton Anxiety Scale.
The ASQ is a valid, reliable and effective self-rated measure of anxiety and may be a useful tool for screening and assessing anxiety symptoms in psychiatric as well as college settings.
焦虑症状问卷（ASQ）是一份简短的自我报告问卷，用于测量症状的频率和强度，旨在改善临床环境中焦虑症状的评估。我们检验了ASQ在焦虑症和/或抑郁症患者、非临床对照受试者及大学生中的信度和效度。
对240名患有广泛性焦虑症、社交焦虑症、惊恐障碍或重度抑郁症的门诊患者以及111名非临床对照受试者和487名大学生进行了ASQ及其他测量抑郁和焦虑的问卷测试。采用因子分析、皮尔逊相关系数和逻辑回归来评估信度和效度。使用一部分在4周后再次接受ASQ测试的受试者来测量ASQ的重测信度。
因子分析显示ASQ测量的是单一维度。内部一致性和重测信度很强。ASQ总分在区分焦虑症患者与上述临床对照方面，在临床医生评定的汉密尔顿焦虑量表之外也具有显著差异。
ASQ是一种有效、可靠且实用的焦虑自评工具，可能是精神科及大学环境中筛查和评估焦虑症状的有用工具。
