The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in primary care: applicability and psychometric characteristics of the original and short form

Abstract Background Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has negative implications for people’s lives, but is often underdiagnosed in the elderly. There is a shortage of instruments to assess geriatric anxiety. Objectives To analyze the applicability and psychometric properties of the Portuguese v...

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Main Authors: Laís dos Santos Vinholi e Silva, Glaucia Martins de Oliveira, Juliana Emy Yokomizo, Laura Ferreira Saran, Cássio Machado de Campos Bottino, Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Archives of Clinical Psychiatry
Subjects:
GAI
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-60832016000500103&lng=en&tlng=en