title: Penn State Worry Questionnaire - 10: A new tool for measurement-based care.
abstract: The Penn State Worry Questionnaire - Past Week (PSWQ-PW) is an adaptation of the widely used Penn State Worry Questionnaire, measuring pathological worry weekly. However, it contains problematic negatively worded items and has not been validated in a large sample yet. To meet the needs of measurement-based care (MBC), we developed a shortened version (PSWQ-10) based on the PSWQ-PW, retaining only positively worded items, and examined its psychometric properties and clinical utility. Patients with Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and other anxiety disorders completed the PSWQ-10 and other instruments during routine evaluation in an academic anxiety clinic. A second cohort from a perinatal clinic was evaluated similarly. The PSWQ-10 displayed excellent internal consistency, convergent and discriminant validity, and criterion group validity. Patients with GAD scored significantly higher than those with other anxiety disorders but did not differ from those with MDD. The PSWQ-10 showed sensitivity to change over time and demonstrated excellent psychometric properties in the perinatal population. The PSWQ-10 is a reliable, valid, efficient, and straightforward worry-focused instrument that can be readily used in MBC and help clinicians objectively measure worry as a treatment outcome in broad clinical populations.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: beieryao@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Beier
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Veterans Affairs Serious Mental Illness Treatment Resource and Evaluation Center (SMITREC), Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Sripada
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
authors.forename: Heide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klumpp
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: James L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Abelson
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muzik
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Zhuo
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rosenblum
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Hedieh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Briggs
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaston
authors.affiliation: Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address: ricksw@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Ricks
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Warren
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000592:standards; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005791:Patient Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D049590:Postpartum Period / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D040701:Stress Disorders, Traumatic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Anxiety; Depression; Empirical supported treatments; GAD; Pregnancy and postpartum; Psychometrics