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A contribution to the French validation of the clinical anxiety scale amongst health care workers in Switzerland.
Apostolova, Yana; Stamm, Elisabeth; Cilla, Francesco; Durst, Anne-Véronique; Büla, Christophe; D'Amelio, Patrizia.
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  • Apostolova Y; Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Route de Mont Paisible 16, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland. yana.apostolova@chuv.ch.
  • Stamm E; Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Route de Mont Paisible 16, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Cilla F; Service of Geriatric Medicine, HFR Freiburg Kantonsspital, Freiburg, Switzerland.
  • Durst AV; Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Route de Mont Paisible 16, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Büla C; Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Route de Mont Paisible 16, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • D'Amelio P; Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Route de Mont Paisible 16, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland.
BMC Psychol ; 12(1): 42, 2024 Jan 19.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38243345
ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

Anxiety disorders are frequent but remain often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Hence, valid screening instruments are needed to enhance the diagnostic process. The Clinical Anxiety Scale (CAS) is a 25-item anxiety screening tool derived from the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A). However, this scale is not available in French. The General anxiety disorder - 7 (GAD-7) scale, which has been validated in French, is a 7-item instrument with good psychometric properties. This study contributes to the validation of an adapted French version of the CAS, using the GAD-7 as the reference.

METHODS:

A forward-backward English-French-English translation of the CAS was performed according to standard practice. The French versions of the CAS and GAD-7 were completed by 127 French speaking healthcare professionals. CAS internal consistency was assessed using Crohnbach's alpha, and test-retest reliability was tested after 15 days in a subsample of 30 subjects. Convergent validity with GAD-7 was assessed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. Test-retest reliability was explored using one-way random effects model to calculate the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC).

RESULTS:

French CAS showed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha 0.97), high convergent validity with GAD-7 (Pearson's R 0.81, p < 0.001), and very good test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.97, 95% CI 0.93-0.98).

CONCLUSION:

The proposed French version of the CAS showed high reliability and validity that need to be further investigated in different populations.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ansiedad / Trastornos de Ansiedad / Personal de Salud Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: BMC Psychol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Suiza Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Ansiedad / Trastornos de Ansiedad / Personal de Salud Tipo de estudio: Diagnostic_studies / Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans País/Región como asunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: BMC Psychol Año: 2024 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Suiza Pais de publicación: Reino Unido