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Anxiety symptoms in older Chinese adults in primary care settings: Prevalence and correlates.
Xie, Qin; Xu, Yan-Min; Zhong, Bao-Liang.
  • Xie Q; Department of Psychiatry, Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan, China.
  • Xu YM; Department of Clinical Psychology, Wuhan Hospital for Psychotherapy, Wuhan, China.
  • Zhong BL; Department of Psychiatry, Wuhan Mental Health Center, Wuhan, China.
Front Public Health ; 10: 1009226, 2022.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2099275
ABSTRACT

Background:

Integrating mental health services into primary care is a potentially cost-effective way to decrease the treatment gap for anxiety in older adults but data on the epidemiology of anxiety symptoms in older Chinese adults in primary care settings have been very limited. This study investigated the prevalence and correlates of anxiety symptoms in Chinese older primary care patients.

Methods:

A total of 753 older primary care patients (≥65 years) were consecutively recruited from 13 primary care clinics in Wuhan, China, and interviewed with the validated Chinese version of the short form of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI-SF).

Results:

The prevalence of anxiety symptoms (GAI-SF ≥ 3) in older primary care patients was 21.1%. Statistically significant correlates of anxiety symptoms were female sex (vs. male, OR = 1.85, P = 0.002), poor economic status (vs. good, OR = 2.31, P = 0.013), fair and poor family relationship (vs. good, OR = 1.85, P = 0.006), hypertension (OR = 2.01, P < 0.001), chronic gastric ulcer (OR = 6.82, P < 0.001), and Parkinson's disease (OR = 7.83, P = 0.031).

Conclusions:

Anxiety symptoms are prevalent among older adults attending primary care clinics. Efforts for preventing or reducing anxiety symptoms in older primary care patients may be more useful to target those who are women, have poor financial status, don't have a good family relationship, suffer from hypertension, have chronic gastric ulcer, and suffer from Parkinson's disease.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Parkinson Disease / Stomach Ulcer / Hypertension Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Front Public Health Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpubh.2022.1009226

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Parkinson Disease / Stomach Ulcer / Hypertension Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: Front Public Health Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Fpubh.2022.1009226