title: Anxiety and depression in mothers of children undergoing bone marrow transplant: symptom prevalence and use of the Beck depression and Beck anxiety inventories as screening instruments.
abstract: This study examined anxiety and depressive symptoms among 115 mothers of children undergoing bone marrow transplant and evaluated the ability of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI; A. T. Beck, N. Epstein, et al., 1988) and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; A. T. Beck, 1978) to serve as screening tools for assessing generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), panic disorder (PD), and major depressive disorder (MDD). Mothers with BAI or BDI scores greater than or equal to 14 were administered a structured clinical interview. An additional 20% was randomly selected for interview to determine whether the scale cutoff was an accurate screening method. Among the 64 mothers interviewed, 20% received at least I of the 3 diagnoses. Although the BAI did not demonstrate predictive accuracy in assessing GAD and PD, the BDI did in assessing MDD. The results suggest that a subset of mothers may have an anxiety or depressive disorder and that investigators should use caution before using the BAI as a screening instrument for anxiety disorder.
authors.affiliation: Population Science Division, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA. sl_manne@fccc.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manne
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nereo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: DuHamel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ostroff
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parsons
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sexson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Vickberg
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Redd
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires