Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire (ASQ): development and validation
Background 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...
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| description | Background 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.Methods 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.Results 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.Conclusions 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f4c2a634549648d8a4a35ebd03a9a1742024-11-08T12:45:08ZengBMJ Publishing GroupGeneral Psychiatry2517-729X2019-12-0132610.1136/gpsych-2019-100144Anxiety Symptoms Questionnaire (ASQ): development and validationElizabeth Hoge0Naomi Simon1Amanda Baker2Aparna Keshaviah3Amy Farabaugh4Thilo Deckersbach5John J Worthington6Maurizio Fava7Mark P Pollack8Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USANew York University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA20 Montefiore Medical Center, New York, New York, USAMathematica Policy Research Inc, Princeton, New Jersey, USAMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USAMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USAMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USAMassachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USARush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USABackground 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.Methods 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.Results 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.Conclusions 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.https://gpsych.bmj.com/content/32/6/e100144.full |
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