Yeungnam Univ J Med.  1984 Dec;1(1):121-128. 10.12701/yujm.1984.1.1.121.

Evaluation of the Mental Health Status of the Aged by Zung's Self-rating Anxiety Scale

• Lee JH
• Park BT
• Cheung SD
• Kang PS
• Chung JH

• KMID: 2372985
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.1984.1.1.121

Abstract

The authors studied on anxiety, using Zung's self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), on the subjects of 329 men and 522 women of 60 years old and older. This study was carried out for 8 months from November 1983 to June 1984 in the area of Seoul, Taegu and Kyungsan Gun, Kungpook province. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the means of total anxiety scores between the two groups of men and women. The anxiety scores in items of sweating, apprehension, dyspnea, restlessness and insomnia were relatively high in both groups. The scores of faintness, panic, fear, tremor and facial flushing were low in both groups. Among 329 men, 48 (14.6%) showed rather serious anxiety level of score 50 or higher, while 153 of 522 women (29.4%) showed the same score. Among these psychosocial factors, supporter, living, place, religion and security system are significantly related with anxiety scores in both groups (p<0.01).

MeSH Terms

Anxiety*
Daegu
Dyspnea
Female
Flushing
Gyeongsangbuk-do
Humans
Male
Mental Health*
Panic
Psychology
Psychomotor Agitation
Seoul
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Sweat
Sweating
Tremor