title: Relationship between anxiety and quality of life in older mental  health patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study aims to investigate the impact of anxiety on quality of life (QOL) in older people with mental disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty patients from a district Older Persons Mental Health Service were assessed using the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI-5).They then completed the brief version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale (WHOQOL-BREF),Geriatric Anxiety Inventory and Geriatric Depression Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Self-reported anxiety was significantly associated with reduced overall QOL on the WHOQOL-BREF.Anxiety was also associated with the psychological, social and environmental domains of the WHOQOL-BREF, but not with the physical health domain. Anxiety was correlated with more individual domains of QOL than depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Anxiety makes a significant contribution to self-rated QOL in older people with serious mental disorders.
authors.forename: Shanthi I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Sarma
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Byrne
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011788:Quality of Life; D011793:Queensland; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires