A Diagnostic-Oriented Screening Scale for Anxiety Disorders: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety Scale (CESA)
ObjectivesThis paper introduces a new diagnostically oriented screening scale for anxiety disorders, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety scale (CESA), designed in parallel to the revised Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CESD-R). In this study, the CESA was used as a diagno...
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| description | ObjectivesThis paper introduces a new diagnostically oriented screening scale for anxiety disorders, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety scale (CESA), designed in parallel to the revised Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CESD-R). In this study, the CESA was used as a diagnostic screening tool for detecting the presence of anxiety disorder symptomatology ascertained by a clinical psychiatric evaluation based on the DSM-5 criteria. The CESA is designed to provide an overall evaluation of anxiety as well as to screen for four important anxiety disorders (agoraphobia, social phobia, blood-illness phobia, and panic disorder).MethodsThe test sample was composed of 80 adults seeking treatment for mental problems in a general psychiatric clinic. We assessed the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of the CESA in comparison to the psychiatric interview.ResultsThe main findings suggest that the CESA is useful for screening for anxiety in general (alpha coefficient of 0.83), as well as for the four common anxiety disorders. The criterion validation confirmed a high level of compatibility between the CESA and the psychiatric evaluation.ConclusionThis is the initial report regarding the CESA and future research will focus on specific aspects of criterion validity for each disorder. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-de8f57ea718844a5bb33c7d3144e78dc2022-12-22T01:06:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-05-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.00957529754A Diagnostic-Oriented Screening Scale for Anxiety Disorders: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety Scale (CESA)André Faro0André Faro1William W. Eaton2Department of Psychology, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, BrazilDepartment of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United StatesDepartment of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United StatesObjectivesThis paper introduces a new diagnostically oriented screening scale for anxiety disorders, the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety scale (CESA), designed in parallel to the revised Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale (CESD-R). In this study, the CESA was used as a diagnostic screening tool for detecting the presence of anxiety disorder symptomatology ascertained by a clinical psychiatric evaluation based on the DSM-5 criteria. The CESA is designed to provide an overall evaluation of anxiety as well as to screen for four important anxiety disorders (agoraphobia, social phobia, blood-illness phobia, and panic disorder).MethodsThe test sample was composed of 80 adults seeking treatment for mental problems in a general psychiatric clinic. We assessed the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve of the CESA in comparison to the psychiatric interview.ResultsThe main findings suggest that the CESA is useful for screening for anxiety in general (alpha coefficient of 0.83), as well as for the four common anxiety disorders. The criterion validation confirmed a high level of compatibility between the CESA and the psychiatric evaluation.ConclusionThis is the initial report regarding the CESA and future research will focus on specific aspects of criterion validity for each disorder.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00957/fullanxiety screenanxiety disordersagoraphobiasocial phobiablood-illness phobiapanic disorder |
| spellingShingle | André Faro André Faro William W. Eaton A Diagnostic-Oriented Screening Scale for Anxiety Disorders: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety Scale (CESA) Frontiers in Psychology anxiety screen anxiety disorders agoraphobia social phobia blood-illness phobia panic disorder |
| title | A Diagnostic-Oriented Screening Scale for Anxiety Disorders: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety Scale (CESA) |
| title_full | A Diagnostic-Oriented Screening Scale for Anxiety Disorders: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety Scale (CESA) |
| title_fullStr | A Diagnostic-Oriented Screening Scale for Anxiety Disorders: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety Scale (CESA) |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Diagnostic-Oriented Screening Scale for Anxiety Disorders: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety Scale (CESA) |
| title_short | A Diagnostic-Oriented Screening Scale for Anxiety Disorders: The Center for Epidemiologic Studies Anxiety Scale (CESA) |
| title_sort | diagnostic oriented screening scale for anxiety disorders the center for epidemiologic studies anxiety scale cesa |
| topic | anxiety screen anxiety disorders agoraphobia social phobia blood-illness phobia panic disorder |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00957/full |
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