Social Anxiety, Tremor Severity, and Tremor Disability : A Search for Clinically Relevant Measures
Joint Authors
Holt, Peter
Ament, Patrick A.
Lundervold, Duane A.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-07-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
While social anxiety has been reported among essential tremor (ET) patients, very little is known about the relation between self-report measures of social anxiety, tremor severity and disability, and cognition.
Methods.
Sixty-three individuals diagnosed with ET took part in a comprehensive study examining neurocognition and behavioral functioning.
A psychiatric diagnostic interview, three social anxiety questionnaires, and an idiographic-based behavioral assessment to pinpoint anxiety provoking situations and related distress were completed.
Results.
Thirty percent of the participants met diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder (SAD).
Social anxiety questionnaires were negligibly related to tremor severity and disability.
Idiographic behavioral assessment of subjective distress was moderately related to resting tremor severity and disability and strongly related to social anxiety questionnaires scores.
Only one cognitive variable was related to tremor severity.
Conclusions.
These findings suggest that (a) self-report measures of social anxiety with ET patients may underestimate distress; (b) emphasis on tremor severity may be misleading; (c) tremor disability may be a more sensitive and functional measure related to cognition and effect; (d) SAD is wide spread and does not appear to be related to dysregulated executive function; and (e) development of an ET-specific measure of social anxiety is called for.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lundervold, Duane A.& Ament, Patrick A.& Holt, Peter. 2013. Social Anxiety, Tremor Severity, and Tremor Disability : A Search for Clinically Relevant Measures. Psychiatry Journal،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lundervold, Duane A.…[et al.]. Social Anxiety, Tremor Severity, and Tremor Disability : A Search for Clinically Relevant Measures. Psychiatry Journal No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Lundervold, Duane A.& Ament, Patrick A.& Holt, Peter. Social Anxiety, Tremor Severity, and Tremor Disability : A Search for Clinically Relevant Measures. Psychiatry Journal. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-457969
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-457969