Temporal network of experience sampling methodology identifies sleep disturbance as a central symptom in generalized anxiety disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A temporal network of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms could provide valuable understanding of the occurrence and maintenance of GAD. We aim to obtain an exploratory conceptualization of temporal GAD network and identify the central symptom.

Methods

A sample of participants (n = 115) with elevated GAD-7 scores (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Questionnaire [GAD-7] ≥ 10) participated in an online daily diary study in which they reported their GAD symptoms based on DSM-5 diagnostic criteria (eight symptoms in total) for 50 consecutive days. We used a multilevel VAR model to obtain the temporal network.

Results

In temporal network, a lot of lagged relationships exist among GAD symptoms and these lagged relationships are all positive. All symptom

SUBMITTER: Peng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10981297 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature