Propiedades psicométricas del inventario de ansiedad de beck (BAI) en pacientes con cáncer

Autor: Galindo Vázquez, Oscar, Rojas Castillo, Edith, Meneses García, Abelardo, Aguilar Ponce, José Luis, Álvarez Avitia, Miguel Ángel, Alvarado Aguilar, Salvador
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Psicooncología; Vol 12 No 1 (2015); 51-58
Psicooncología; Vol. 12 Núm. 1 (2015); 51-58
Revistas Científicas Complutenses
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Psicooncología; Vol. 12 No. 1 (2015); 51-58
ISSN: 1988-8287
1696-7240
Popis: Introduction: Depressive symptomatology is a major mental health problem in cancer patients. The Beck Anxiety Scale (BAI) has proven to be a reliable and valid instrument. However, until now has not been documented it’s psychometric properties in Mexican population with cancer.Objetives: Determine the psychometric properties of the Beck Anxiety Scale BAI in a sample of cancer patients. Material and methods: Involved 250 patients from the National Cancer Institute, of which 112 were women (55.2%) were male and 138 (44.82%); the average age was 46.6 ± 14.3 years. Participants answered the BAI, and also the Anxiety Sub-scale of HADS.Results: A varimax factor analysis with 21 items show a structure of 4 factors: Subjective, Neurophysiological, Autonomic and vasomotor symptoms that explain 46.38% of the variance. The internal consistency of the overall scale was satisfactory (α=0.82). The validity through correlations with the HADS-A showed significant associations (Pearson r=0.58, p
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