- Title
- General practice nurse-led screening for anxiety in later life in Australian primary care settings
- Creator
- Hills, Sharon; Robinson, Tracy; Northam, Holly; Hungerford, Catherine
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/171228
- Identifier
- vital:14284
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12637
- Identifier
- ISBN:1440-6381
- Abstract
- Objective To test the feasibility of general practice nurse (GPN)-led screening for clinically significant symptoms of anxiety (CSSA) in older people and to estimate the prevalence of CSSA. Methods General practice nurse-led screening for CSSA was undertaken in eight general practices by integrating the five-item Geriatric Anxiety Inventory-Short Form (GAI-SF) into the annual 75 years and older health assessment (75+ HA). Prevalence rates were calculated, and field notes were analysed. Results Over 30 months, 736 patients were screened for CSSA, with a detected prevalence rate of 20.1%. The application of the GAI-SF into the 75+ HA was feasible and readily accepted by patients. Conclusions The five-item GAI-SF is an age-appropriate screening tool for CSSA in general practice settings. Further research is warranted, particularly in relation to the development and implementation of evidence-informed, general practice-based interventions for CSSA that can be effectively delivered to meet the needs of older people.
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- Relation
- Australasian Journal on Ageing Vol. 38, no. 4 (Dec 2019), p. E121-E126
- Rights
- Copyright © 2019 AJA Inc.
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Anxiety; General practice; Nurses; Older persons; Older-adults; Disorders; Interventions; Depression; Prevalence; Validation; Inventory
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