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Beck anxiety inventory (BAI)
21 item questionnaire. 14 items reflect somatic symptoms. 7 items reflect cognitive symptoms. The BAI assesses frequency of anxiety symptoms over 1 week, attempting to minimize their relationship with depression.
Disadvantages:
- less widely used than other anxiety assessment tools
- proprietary tool; may require licensing fee [5]
- may be more time-consuming than other tools
- does not assess worry & other cognitive aspects of anxiety, thus may provide a limited assessment of anxiety [4]
- reliability may be low in a non-psychiatric population [3]
General
anxiety assessment
References
- Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Osterweil et al eds,
McGraw Hill, New York, 2000, pg 114,115
- Wikipedia: Beck Anxiety Inventory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck_Anxiety_Inventory
- Creamer M, Foran J, Bell R
The Beck Anxiety Inventory in a nonclinical sample
Behav Res Ther (1995) 33 (4): 477-485
PMID: 7755538
- Julian LJ
Measures of anxiety: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI),
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and Hospital Anxiety and
Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A).
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Nov;63 Suppl 11:S467-72
PMID: 22588767
- Pearson Assessment & Information
http://www.pearsonassessments.com