The influence of illness representations on help-seeking and coping for anxiety among older adults: A multicultural qualitative study

Dataset:

The anonymised dataset is available for restricted data-sharing. Access to the dataset will be restricted to authenticated researchers who provide verifiable institutional affiliation and have ethical approval in place.

To submit an access request, please email: Rasha.Alkholy@manchester.ac.uk

The data list includes:

1. semi-structured interview topic guide,
2. sociodemographic data form,
3. anonymised dataset which includes:

• anonymised data from the sociodemographic data form, the Geriatric Anxiety Scale and the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form;
• anonymised textual transcripts of semi-structured interviews.

Research aim and objectives:

The overarching aim of the multicultural qualitative study was to explore and compare illness representations of anxiety and beliefs underlying coping behaviours among self-reporting White British, South Asian and African or Caribbean older adults in the UK.

Sampling:

Inclusion criteria:

• 65 years or over;
• self-identified as “worrier”, had experienced or were experiencing anxiety or “stress”;
• self-identified as White British, South Asian (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi), African or Caribbean;
• lived independently in the UK.

Exclusion criteria:

• older adult receiving mental health crisis management.

Data collection procedures:

Participants had two interviews:

• the first was used to audio-record their verbal consent and responses to three questionnaires (the sociodemographic data form, the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form and the Geriatric Anxiety Scale);
• the second was a semi-structured interview (following a topic guide).