PMID- 24685821 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140611 LR - 20221207 IS - 1873-7897 (Electronic) IS - 0887-6185 (Print) IS - 0887-6185 (Linking) VI - 28 IP - 3 DP - 2014 Apr TI - Disparities in psychosocial functioning in a diverse sample of adults with anxiety disorders. PG - 335-43 LID - S0887-6185(14)00030-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.02.002 [doi] AB - Anxiety disorders are associated with psychosocial functional impairments, but no study has compared how these impairments might vary by ethno-racial status. We examined whether minority status was uniquely associated with functional impairments in 431 adults with anxiety disorders. Functioning was measured in the rater-assessed domains of: Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF); global psychosocial functioning; work, relationship, and recreational functioning; and, self-reported: life satisfaction, mental health functioning, physical functioning, and disability status. After controlling for demographic and clinical variables, results revealed evidence of disparities, whereby African Americans (AAs), particularly those with low income, had worse GAF, worse global psychosocial functioning, and were more likely to be disabled compared to non-Latino Whites. Latinos, particularly those with low income, had worse global psychosocial functioning than non-Latino Whites. Results suggest AAs and Latinos are at increased risk for functional impairments not better accounted for by other demographic or clinical variables. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Moitra, Ethan AU - Moitra E AD - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA. Electronic address: ethan_moitra@brown.edu. FAU - Lewis-Fernandez, Roberto AU - Lewis-Fernandez R AD - Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 69, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: Rlewis@nyspi.columbia.edu. FAU - Stout, Robert L AU - Stout RL AD - Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 1005 Main Street, Unit 8120, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA. Electronic address: stout@pire.org. FAU - Angert, Erica AU - Angert E AD - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA. Electronic address: erica_angert@brown.edu. FAU - Weisberg, Risa B AU - Weisberg RB AD - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA; Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA. Electronic address: risa_weisberg@brown.edu. FAU - Keller, Martin B AU - Keller MB AD - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA. Electronic address: martin_keller@brown.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 MH051415/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH51415/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - MH-51415/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140313 PL - Netherlands TA - J Anxiety Disord JT - Journal of anxiety disorders JID - 8710131 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Black or African American/*psychology MH - Anxiety Disorders/*psychology MH - Female MH - Hispanic or Latino/*psychology MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mental Health MH - Middle Aged MH - Minority Groups/*psychology MH - Poverty MH - Regression Analysis MH - Risk MH - White People/*psychology PMC - PMC4028956 MID - NIHMS576055 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anxiety disorders OT - Minorities OT - Psychosocial functioning OT - Risk factors EDAT- 2014/04/02 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/12 06:00 PMCR- 2015/04/01 CRDT- 2014/04/02 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/02/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2014/02/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/04/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/04/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/06/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0887-6185(14)00030-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.02.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Anxiety Disord. 2014 Apr;28(3):335-43. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.02.002. Epub 2014 Mar 13.