title: Acceptability of anxiety management within UK armed forces.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Department of Community Mental Health (DCMH) at RAF Brize Norton runs a regular anxiety management day (AMD) which is a group intervention for regular military personnel who have been diagnosed with anxiety-related disorders. The AMD is a 1 day course for up to 20 participants run by two community mental health nurses based at the DCMH. It contains a combination of psycho-education and generic anxiety management techniques.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To establish whether the AMD is acceptable to full time regular military personnel who have been referred to the DCMH.
  
  
  METHODS
  The acceptability of the AMD was assessed using a standardized feedback form, which asked about the patient's perception of the quality of the AMD and the course content. Feedback data were collected over a 12 month period between September 2010 and August 2011.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical and sociodemographic data were available for 91 of the 97 (94%) participants who participated in the AMD over the period from September 2010 to August 2011. Ninety-two per cent (89/97) of participants completed a post course survey immediately after they completed the AMD. Respectively, 95 and 93% considered the format and content of the AMD to be of good quality.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The AMD fits well with the stepped care approach of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme and resulted in a good level of patient satisfaction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Mental Health, RAF Brize Norton, Carterton, Oxfordshire OX18 3LX, UK. trevor@hicks64.freeserve.co.uk
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hicks
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Banks
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Fear
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Greenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anxiety disorders; anxiety management; group intervention; military; satisfaction.