Brittany Litster, Kirsten M Fiest, Scott B Patten, John D Fisk, John R Walker, Lesley A Graff, James M Bolton, Jitender Sareen, James J Marriott, Lindsay I Berrigan, Charles N Bernstein, Ryan Zarychanski, Alexander Singer, Carol A Hitchon, Christine A Peschken, Ruth Ann Marrie
Background: Anxiety is prevalent in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). Screening measures are used to identify symptoms of anxiety, but the optimal measure to screen for anxiety disorders in MS has not been established. Methods: We searched the MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES Full Text, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science, and Scopus databases from database inception until August 7, 2015. Two independent reviewers screened abstracts and full-text reports for study inclusion, extracted data, and assessed risk of bias...
November 2016: International Journal of MS Care