Translation, cultural adaptation and evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Hamilton Anxiety Scale among a sample of Portuguese adult patients with mental health disorders.
BMC Psychiatry
; 23(1): 520, 2023 07 19.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Only a few anxiety assessment tools that nurses may administer are validated forthe Portuguese population exist in the literature. Thus, this study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the Hamilton Anxiety Scale for the Portuguese population and assess its psychometric properties in a sample of adult people with mental health disorders.METHODS:
This psychometric study uses a convenience sample of adult patients with mental health disorders.RESULTS:
The confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the two factors of the original version of the tool. The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) was high, at .92, as well as the inter-rater reliability (intraclass correlation coefficient) (.91).CONCLUSIONS:
The validity and reliability of the instrument are supported. However, the Hamilton Anxiety Scale should be used cautiously in the Portuguese population because the correlation with the "Anxiety State" subscale of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory is not statistically significant.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Ansiedade
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Saúde Mental
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Psychiatry
Assunto da revista:
PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Portugal