TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychometric evaluation of the Beck anxiety inventory
T2 - a sample with sleep-disordered breathing.
AU - Sanford, Stacy D.
AU - Bush, Andrew J.
AU - Stone, Kristen C.
AU - Lichstein, Kenneth L.
AU - Aguillard, Neal
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/15402000802162596
DO - 10.1080/15402000802162596
M3 - Article
C2 - 18629689
AN - SCOPUS:56149084369
SN - 1540-2002
VL - 6
SP - 193
EP - 205
JO - Behavioral sleep medicine
JF - Behavioral sleep medicine
IS - 3
ER -