Key result
Self-reported anxiety in patients with general medical conditions was associated with an adjusted increase of 3.8 disability bed days compared to nonanxious respondents.
Why the study?
Does self-reported anxiety increase the number of disability bed days in persons with general medical conditions?
Cross-Sectional (n=20,884)
Does self-reported anxiety increase the number of disability bed days in persons with general medical conditions?
Mean Difference: 3.8
Absolute Event Rate: 18% vs 4.8%
Self-reported anxiety significantly increases the number of disability bed days in patients with general medical conditions, highlighting the profound functional impact of comorbid anxiety.
May warrant anxiety assessment in medical patients; leaves open causal effects on disability.
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effect of self-reported anxiety on the number of days persons with various general medical conditions spend in bed owing to disability. METHOD: Self-reported medical illness and disability data from a nationally representative household survey sample (N = 20,884) were analyzed. RESULTS: Among respondents with general medical conditions, those with self-reported anxiety had a nearly fourfold greater length of disability (mean = 18.0 bed days) than the nonanxious respondents (mean = 4.8 bed days). After adjustment for differences in demographic characteristics and burden of general medical illness, anxiety was associated with an additional 3.8 bed days. CONCLUSIONS: Self-reported anxiety in combination with general medical conditions may be associated with extensive functional impairment.
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Marcus et al. (1997) conducted a cross-sectional in General medical conditions (n=20,884). Self-reported anxiety vs. Nonanxious respondents was evaluated on Number of days spent in bed owing to disability (MD 3.8). Self-reported anxiety in patients with general medical conditions was associated with an adjusted increase of 3.8 disability bed days compared to nonanxious respondents.
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