Item response analysis of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory among the elderly in China: dimensionality and differential item functioning test
Abstract Background Anxiety symptoms are pervasive among elderly populations around the world. The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (the GAI) has been developed and widely used in screening those suffering from severe symptoms. Although debates about its dimensionality have been mostly resolved by Molde...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-019-1346-1 |