Psychological performance of anxious patients in tests used in anxiolytic drug trials.
Tested sixty anxious inpatients under drug free conditions with a performance battery commonly used for the evaluation of impairment deficits in anxiolytic drug trials to examine the interrelations among the various performance tasks and to gain some preliminary indication of the underlying factor structure. A factor of general performance ability accounted for 40% of the total variance and contributed to the performance of tasks with cognitive as well as motor components. Performance was related to age and intellectual efficacy, while personality variables and state anxiety had a transcurable influence on performance.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011581:Psychological Tests
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents