Psychometric properties of the Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) among psychiatric outpatients
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Background The Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale (OASIS) is a brief, transdiagnostic measure used to assess anxiety severity and related interference. The OASIS has demonstrated strong psychometric properties in previous investigations, however, it has yet to be validated using a transdiagnostic clinician-rated measure.Methods We evaluated the factor structure, convergent and discriminant validity, and illness severity cut-scores of the OASIS in a sample of outpatients (N=202).Results A confirmatory factor analysis indicated an unidimensional structure provided the best fit. The OASIS demonstrated good convergent validity and internal consistency. Using the Clinical Global Impression-Severity Scale (CGI-S), ROC curves showed OASIS scores of 6, 10 and 12 to indicate moderate, marked and severe illness severity, respectively.Conclusions The OASIS is a unidimensional self-report measure with good convergent validity and data from the current study provide illness severity cut-scores.
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The Overall Anxiety Severity and Impairment Scale has been shown to have strong psychometric properties in previous studies.
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- Authors
- Bragdon, L. B., Diefenbach, G. J., Hannan, S., & Tolin, D. F.
- Affiliations
- Binghamton University (US)
- Hartford Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bragdon, Laura B.
- Venue
- Journal of Affective Disorders
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2016-09
- Volume
- 201
- Pages
- 112-115
- ISSN
- 0165-0327 (ISSN-L)
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- W2346879953
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- FWCI
- 3.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Affective Disorders (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Mental Health Research Topics
- Keywords
- anxiety levels, transdiagnostic assessment, psychiatric outpatients, factor structure, convergent validity, discriminant validity, Clinical Global Impression Scale, self-report measures
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Outpatients, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Psychometrics, ROC Curve, Severity of Illness Index, Reproducibility of Results, Self Report
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