The Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI): The state scale in detecting mental disorders in geriatric patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 629-634

  Kvaal, Kari ^a   Ulstein, Ingun ^b   Nordhus, Inger Hilde ^c   Engedal, Knut ^b  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment scale; Depression; Mental disorder; Mixed anxiety depression; Older people; STAI

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23644456014     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1330     Document Type: Article

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