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The lifetime prevalence and impact of generalized anxiety disorders in an epidemiologic Italian National Survey carried out by clinicians by means of semi-structured interviews by Preti, Antonio (author);Demontis, Roberto (author);Cossu, Giulia (author);Kalcev, Goce (author);Cabras, Federico (author);Moro, Maria Francesca (author);Romano, Ferdinando (author);Balestrieri, Matteo (author);Caraci, Filippo (author);Dell’Osso, Liliana (author);Di Sciascio, Guido (author);Drago, Filippo (author);Hardoy, Maria Carolina (author);Roncone, Rita (author);Faravelli, Carlo (author);Gonzalez, Cesar Ivan Aviles (author);Angermayer, Matthias (author);Carta, Mauro Giovanni (author) is a Psychology article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Abstract ## Background Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most reported diagnoses in psychiatry, but there is some discrepancy between the cases identified in community studies and those identified in tertiary care. This study set out to evaluate whether the use of clinicians as interviewers may provide estimates in a community survey close to those observed in primary or specialized care. ## Methods This is a community survey on a randomly selected sample of 2338 adult subjects. The Advanced Neuropsychiatric Tools and Assessment Schedule (ANTAS) was administered by clinicians, providing lifetime diagnosis based on the DSM-IV-TR. Health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) was measured with the Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12). ## Results Overall, 55 (2.3%) subjects met the criteria for GAD, with greater prevalence in women (3.6%) than in men (0.9%): OR = 4.02; 95%CI: 1.96–8.26. Up to 40% of those with GAD had at least another diagnosis of mood, anxiety, or eating disorders. The mean score of SF-12 in people with GAD was 32.33 ± 6.8, with a higher attributable burden than in other conditions except for major depressive disorder. ## Conclusions We found a relatively low

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Author

Preti, Antonio (author);Demontis, Roberto (author);Cossu, Giulia (author);Kalcev, Goce (author);Cabras, Federico (author);Moro, Maria Francesca (author);Romano, Ferdinando (author);Balestrieri, Matteo (author);Caraci, Filippo (author);Dell’Osso, Liliana (author);Di Sciascio, Guido (author);Drago, Filippo (author);Hardoy, Maria Carolina (author);Roncone, Rita (author);Faravelli, Carlo (author);Gonzalez, Cesar Ivan Aviles (author);Angermayer, Matthias (author);Carta, Mauro Giovanni (author)

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Psychology (Social Sciences)