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Table 2 Assessment of Anxiety

From: ‘Worried to death’: the assessment and management of anxiety in patients with advanced life-limiting disease, a national survey of palliative medicine physicians

 

n (%)

(n = 230)

% of patients with anxiety

<25

69 (30)

25–50

109 (47)

>50

34 (15)

Unsure

18 (18)

Have local or network guideline

 

65 (28)

Use screening tool routinely

 

29 (13)

 Screening tool used (n = 29)

HADS

15 (52)

DT

7 (24)

ESAS

2 (7)

Other tool

5 (17)

Diagnose using (tick all that apply)

Clinical interview

227 (99)

DSM-5 or ICD-10

18 (8)

Diagnostic tool

27 (12)

 Diagnostic tool used (n = 27)

HADS

22 (81)

GAD-7

1 (4)

BEDS

2 (7)

Other tool

2 (7)

Routinely assess suicide risk when anxiety diagnosed

 

79 (34)

  1. Abbreviations: DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition, DT Distress Thermometer, ESAS Edmonton Symptom Assessment System, GAD-7 Generalised Anxiety Disorder 7-item Scale, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision, BEDS Brief Edinburgh Depression Scale