Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Amsterdam preoperative anxiety and informa-tion scale / 中华行为医学与脑科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To determine the reliability and validity of the Chinese edition of the Amster-dam preoperative anxiety and information scale ( APAIS) for the assessment of preoperative anxiety of Chi-nese patients.Methods The APAIS was translated into Chinese version.One hundred and thirty patients undergoing elective surgery were enrolled to complete the APAIS,STAI-S,VAS-A at the day before surgery, and thirty subjects received a re-test of APAIS at the day of surgery.Results The average score of Chinese version of APAIS anxiety scale and information scale were (7.37±3.51) and (3.67±1.94),respectively. Cronbachαfor the anxiety scale was 0.84 and information scale was 0.78,respectively.Test-retest reliability were r=0.746(P<0.01) and r=0.655(P<0.01) ,respectively.Factor analysis showed anxiety and the desire for information were found,which explained 73.82%of variance.The anxiety scale of APAIS significantly corre-lated with STAI-S and VAS-A,Correlation Coefficient were r=0.720(P<0.01) and r=0.641(P<0.01) ,respec-tively.Conclusion The Chinese version of the APAIS has good reliability and validity to quick measure the preoperative anxiety and desire for information of patients.