Karl Bang Christensen, Aake Packness, Erik Simonsen, John Brodersen
{"title":"Psychometric validation of the Danish version of the Major Depression Inventory using data from the Lolland-Falster health study (LOFUS).","authors":"Karl Bang Christensen, Aake Packness, Erik Simonsen, John Brodersen","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2333445","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2333445","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The Major Depression Inventory (MDI) is a widely used self-rating depression scale commonly in primary care in Denmark. It has not been subject to robust psychometric validation in a general population setting. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric measurement properties of the MDI when applied in the general population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We evaluated statistical psychometric validity using modern test theory (confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory models and Rasch measurement theory) testing local independence and differential item function across groups defined by gender, age, education, and chronic disease status. Separate analyses across different strata and across different statistical models were employed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Regarding structural validity we consistently identified local dependence for the item two pairs (MDI2,MDI3) and (MDI4,MDI5) across strata. This result was confirmed by bifactor CFA models and item screening. We further identified substantial differential item functioning with respect to age group and with respect to chronic disease. We identified quantified the magnitude of this lack of measurement invariance.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The MDI is psychometrically valid in homogenous sub populations, but the disclosed evidence of local dependence means that published estimates of its reliability cannot be trusted. The lack of measurement invariance means that the instrument cannot be used to compare individuals or groups unless they are similar in terms of age group and chronic disease status.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"392-401"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140306321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elias Skorpen, Nora Bugge Pasca, Solveig Klæbo Reitan, Nina Groven
{"title":"Exploring levels of TSH and FT4 in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), fibromyalgia (FM) and healthy controls did not reveal any associations between fatigue score and level of thyroid hormones.","authors":"Elias Skorpen, Nora Bugge Pasca, Solveig Klæbo Reitan, Nina Groven","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2332442","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2332442","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>The diagnoses of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Fibromyalgia (FM) are highly associated with fatigue and pain, respectively. Physiologically and clinically an effect of thyroid status on fatigue and pain is expected. There may be clinically relevant differences in thyroid hormone axes though within values of reference in both patients with normal thyroid hormones, or in patients with well-regulated thyroid disease. These potential differences are explored in this study.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>In the present study, female patients with CFS (<i>n</i> = 49) and FM (<i>n</i> = 58) as well as female healthy controls (<i>n</i> = 53) were included. We explored plasma levels of TSH and FT4 between the groups using Kruskall-Wallis, and the relation between fatigue score and levels of TSH and FT4 by means of Spearman's rho.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were no group differences between CFS patients, FM patients, and healthy controls in levels of TSH and FT4.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>As one might clinically and physiologically expect an association between thyroid function and fatigue, which may be associated with clinical disorders such as CFS and FM, we suggest future studies to examine the field further by exploring the influence of thyroid receptors and responses of the thyroid hormone cascade.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"376-381"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140336341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tina R Kilburn, Ronald M Rapee, Heidi J Lyneham, Mikael Thastum, Per Hove Thomsen
{"title":"Testing a cognitive behavioural therapy program for anxiety in autistic adolescents: a feasibility study.","authors":"Tina R Kilburn, Ronald M Rapee, Heidi J Lyneham, Mikael Thastum, Per Hove Thomsen","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2338206","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2338206","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Autism includes core symptoms affecting general and social development. Up to 60% of autistic adolescents experience co-occurring anxiety disorders negatively influencing educational, social, and general development together with quality of life. A manualised cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) program 'Cool Kids - Autism Spectrum Adaptation (ASA)' has previously demonstrated efficacy in reducing anxiety in children with co-occurring autism. The current study investigates the feasibility of adapting this program for adolescents.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fifteen autistic adolescents, aged 14-17 years, with co-occurring anxiety disorders were enrolled in the study. Outcome measures collected from both adolescents and parents pre-, post-treatment and at 3-month follow-up included participant evaluation of the program, scores from a semi-structured anxiety interview, and questionnaires on anxiety symptoms, life interference, and quality of life.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>92% of the families who completed the program found it useful and would recommend it to other families in a similar situation. At follow-up, 55% no longer met the criteria for their primary anxiety diagnosis and 34% of adolescents were free of all anxiety diagnoses. Of the five adolescents who did not attend school before treatment three (60%) had returned to school after treatment.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study suggests that the adaptation of the program 'Cool Kids - ASA' into an adolescent version is feasible and has the potential to show good effects thus enhancing the possibility of education, development and independence in future life for this group. Larger RCTs studies are, however, needed to examine the efficacy of the adolescent version.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"421-430"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140861032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
August G Wang, Titia Lahoz, Marianne Hvid, Heidi K Grufstedt, Lene M Jørgensen
{"title":"The Amager Project IV: suicidal behavior and aftercare: real world data (RWD) from a prospective observational project.","authors":"August G Wang, Titia Lahoz, Marianne Hvid, Heidi K Grufstedt, Lene M Jørgensen","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2315163","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2315163","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In an RCT study, OPAC (outreach, problem solving, adherence, continuity) approach to aftercare after suicide attempts had an effect. The present study used the OPAC method in a clinical setting on Amager Copenhagen to patients after suicide attempt (Group 1) and patients with suicide ideation (Group 2) in a real-world data (RWD) study.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To study whether the OPAC method could provide real world evidence (RWE) for results from the RCT study and long-time prospects.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This RWD study included 506 patients and followed them for 5 years. Kaplan-Meyer showed 5 years results. Risk factors for 5 years were calculated.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>206 males (mean age 37.9) and 300 females (mean age 35.2) participated. A decline in survival accelerated after 3 years. After a 2-year follow-up, Group 1 had an attempted suicide rate of 12,2% and Group 2 5,4%. After 5 years the numbers were 18% and 10%. There were 3 completed suicides. Risk factors were: earlier suicide attempts, one or both parents or they themselves were alcohol/drug abusers, and a poor social network. Group 1 showed the same result as the intervention group in our earlier RCT study. Group 2 did better. Both groups did better than the control group from our RCT study.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The OPAC effect was translated into the daily clinic. Risk factors were previous suicide attempts, alcohol and drug abuse and poor social networks. More specific therapy is needed for some patients to prevent relapse. Focus on enhancing a sense of belongingness and/or treating substance abuse.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"267-271"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139712689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perceived advantages and disadvantages of substance use in a dual diagnosis population with severe mental disorders and severe substance use disorder. Considering the self-medication hypothesis.","authors":"Signe Wegmann Düring, Stephen Fitzgerald Austin, Solvej Mårtensson, Katrine Schepelern Johansen","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2318649","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2318649","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Based on a large cohort of dual diagnosis patients, the aim of this study was to quantify the patient-perceived problems and advantages of their substance use and relate the quantity of problems to the substance type and psychiatric diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Material: </strong>Data comes from a naturalistic cohort admitted to an in-patient facility in Denmark specialized in integrated dual diagnosis treatment. We included 1076 patients at their first admission to the facility from 2010 to 2017. Participants completed 607 DrugCheck and 130 DUDIT-E questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>we analyzed the questionnaires and included admission diagnosis by use of <i>t</i>-test and ANOVA to depict the patterns in substance use in relation to psychiatric diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The three most common substance related problems according to the DrugCheck questionnaire were: feeling depressed, financial problems, and losing interest in daily activities. From DUDIT-E, the highest-ranking <i>negative substance related effects</i> were financial ruin, deterioration of health, and problems at work. Effects on social life relationships were also evident with more than 40% of participants. The top three <i>positive substance related effects</i> reported were relaxation, improved sleep, and control over negative emotions. The number of problems listed varied significantly with the type of preferred substance. Patients using pain medication, sedatives, central stimulants, and alcohol reported most problems. Diagnosis did not differentiate the problems experienced. Results partially support the broad self-medication hypothesis for patients with severe mental illness, but also points out that patients are well aware of negative effects.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"281-289"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139913089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychometric properties and normative data of the Latvian and Russian language versions of the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) in the Latvian general adolescent population.","authors":"Ņikita Bezborodovs, Rūdolfs Krēgers, Lelde Vētra, Elmārs Rancāns, Anita Villeruša","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2319662","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2319662","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Mental health screening instruments are essential in population health research and clinical practice. The strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) self-report version has been widely used across the globe to screen for mental health problems in adolescent populations. This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the Latvian and Russian language versions of the SDQ in a representative sample of a general population of Latvian adolescents and establish the population-based normative scores.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>This analysis was based on data from the international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study year 2017/2018 Latvian database. The sample comprised 2683 Latvian and 1321 Russian-speaking 11-, 13-, and 15-year-old adolescents.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant language-based variance was observed in the mean scores of the externalising subscales of the SDQ, with Latvian-speaking adolescents reporting higher levels of conduct problems and hyperactivity. The reliability was satisfactory (ordinal alpha >0.7) only for the prosocial behaviour, emotional, internalising problems, and total difficulties subscales, while conduct, hyperactivity, peer, and externalising problems scales demonstrated lower internal consistency (ordinal alpha 0.5-0.7). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) did not support the hypothesised narrow-band five-factor or broad-band three-factor structure of the SDQ. The normative banding scores were calculated for both language variants.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study suggests that the self-report SDQ must be used cautiously in Latvian adolescents because some SDQ subscales lack reliability. When used in population research, the internalising subscales seem more reliable than the externalising ones. More research is needed regarding the reliability of the SDQ in clinical adolescent populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"301-311"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139990732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Helle Wessel Andersson, Trond Nordfjærn, Mats P Mosti
{"title":"The relationship between the Hopkins symptom checklist-10 and diagnoses of anxiety and depression among inpatients with substance use disorders.","authors":"Helle Wessel Andersson, Trond Nordfjærn, Mats P Mosti","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2323124","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2323124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The Hopkins Symptom Checklist-10 (HSCL-10) is a self-report inventory of anxiety and depression symptoms that may assist clinicians in screening for clinical conditions among patients with substance use disorder (SUD). We examined the HSCL-10 as a screening tool for anxiety and depressive disorders within a general population of SUD inpatients.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We used data from a cohort study of 611 SUD inpatients. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were conducted, with and without covariates, to evaluate the potential of the HSCL-10 as a screening tool. This was explored using any anxiety disorder, especially posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and any mood disorder, especially major depressive disorders, as the outcome criteria. Candidate covariates included gender, age, education, polydrug use and treatment center.<i>Result</i>s: The HSCL-10 had a moderate ability to identify caseness (i.e. having or not having a clinical diagnosis) according to each outcome criterion, with the area under the ROC curve (AUC) varying from 0.64 to 0.66. Adding relevant covariates markedly enhanced the instrument's ability to identify those who met the criteria for any anxiety disorder (AUC = 0.77), especially PTSD (AUC = 0.82).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In a real-world clinical setting, the HSCL-10 has fair-to-good clinical utility for identifying SUD inpatients who have comorbid clinical symptoms of anxiety disorders or PTSD, when combined with common background variables. The HSCL-10, a brief self-report screening tool, may serve as an efficient proxy for comprehensive interviews used in research and for clinical anxiety symptom screening among patients with SUD.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"319-327"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139990733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sexual harassment and patterns of symptoms and functional abilities in a psychiatric sample of adolescents.","authors":"Maria Jonasson, Marie Wiberg, Inga Dennhag","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2318732","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2318732","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To investigate how commonly adolescent psychiatric outpatients with symptoms of depression and anxiety report having been subjected to sexual harassment, and to explore how symptoms and functional abilities differ between adolescent psychiatric outpatients with symptoms of depression and anxiety who do report and those who do not report having been subjected to sexual harassment.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Swedish adolescent psychiatric outpatients with symptoms of depression or anxiety (<i>n</i> = 324; 66 boys and 258 girls, aged 12-19 years, <i>M</i> = 15.6, SD = 1.7) answered the PROMIS paediatric measures. Logistic regression analyses were performed to assess differences between the respondents classified as 'Sexually harassed' and 'Not sexually harassed' based on these self-report questionnaires.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>About 60% of the adolescents reported having been subjected to sexual harassment, and reported higher levels of suicidal ideation, disturbed sleep, fatigue, anxiety, depression, anger, and pain interference, as well as lower functional ability in terms of school problems, alcohol consumption, and poor family relationships. Logistic regression analyses showed that the strongest associations were with suicidal ideation, disturbed sleep, anger, and alcohol consumption.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>About 60% of the adolescents in the studied psychiatric cohort reported having been subjected to sexual harassment. Reported experiences were high in all three subtypes, with the most reports on having been subjected to verbal harassment. Clinicians should ask about experiences of sexual harassment and give information about the consequences of sexual violence and treatment options. Alcohol consumption should be addressed and tested for. Structured assessment of suicidality should always be done.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"290-300"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139932258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin Locht Pedersen, Frederik Alkier Gildberg, Søren Bie Bogh, Søren Birkeland, Ellen Boldrup Tingleff
{"title":"Staff responses to interventions aiming to reduce mechanical restraint in adult mental health inpatient settings: a questionnaire-based survey.","authors":"Martin Locht Pedersen, Frederik Alkier Gildberg, Søren Bie Bogh, Søren Birkeland, Ellen Boldrup Tingleff","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2323125","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2323125","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To explore mental health staff's responses towards interventions designed to reduce the use of mechanical restraint (MR) in adult mental health inpatient settings.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a cross-sectional, questionnaire-based survey. The questionnaire, made available online <i>via</i> REDCap, presented 20 interventions designed to reduce MR use. Participants were asked to rate and rank the interventions based on their viewpoints regarding the relevance and importance of each intervention.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 128 mental health staff members from general and forensic mental health inpatient units across the Mental Health Services in the Region of Southern Denmark completed the questionnaire (response rate = 21.3%). A total of 90.8% of the ratings scored either 'agree' (45.2%) or 'strongly agree' (45.6%) concerning the relevance of the interventions in reducing MR use. Overall and in the divided analysis, interventions labelled as 'building relationship' and 'patient-related knowledge' claimed high scores in the staff's rankings of the interventions' importance concerning implementation. Conversely, interventions like 'carers' and 'standardised assessments' received low scores.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The staff generally considered that the interventions were relevant. Importance rankings were consistent across the divisions chosen, with a range of variance and dispersion being recorded among certain groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"328-338"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Teelia Rolko, Teve Rauks-Pärgmäe, Anu Aluoja, Innar Tõru, Sven Janno
{"title":"Reliability and validity of the Estonian version of the Clinical Institute of Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol scale.","authors":"Teelia Rolko, Teve Rauks-Pärgmäe, Anu Aluoja, Innar Tõru, Sven Janno","doi":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2324061","DOIUrl":"10.1080/08039488.2024.2324061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aims: </strong>Our aim was to adapt the Clinical Institute of Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol scale (CIWA-Ar) into Estonian and test its reliability and validity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 72 patients with alcohol withdrawal syndrome participated in the study. In order to assess the interrater reliability, at first assessment the CIWA-Ar was simultaneously completed by two nurses. In order to assess the sensitivity of the CIWA-Ar to the changes in the severity of the withdrawal syndrome, as well as its correlations to several indices characterizing the subjects' current condition, the CIWA-Ar, the Clinical Global Impression Severity subscale (CGI-S), the visual analogue scales for the assessment of the general feeling of malaise, anxiety and depression were filled in and the vital signs were measured at inclusion, in 4 h and after the withdrawal syndrome had been resolved.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) for the Estonian version of the CIWA-Ar total score, used as an indicator of interrater reliability, was excellent. The CIWA-Ar had significant correlations with the psychiatrists' CGI-S ratings of the severity of the patient's condition at all assessment points. Significant correlations were also found between CIWA-Ar and patients' self-ratings, the highest correlations found with self-rated anxiety and general feeling of malaise. CIWA-Ar total score did not correlate with simultaneously measured heart rate, systolic and diastolic blood pressure at the first assessment. At the second assessment, heart rate had a significant correlation with the CIWA-Ar total score.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study provides confirmation that the CIWA-Ar tool is well applicable in the Estonian language and culture setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":19201,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":"347-352"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}