Ethnic differences in the reliability and validity of a panic disorder screen

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-296

  Johnson, Michael R ^b   Hartzema, Abraham G ^a   Mills, Terry L ^b   De Leon, Jessica M ^b   Yang, Mark ^b   Frueh, Christopher ^b   Santos, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

African Americans; Panic Disorder; Primary Care; Screening

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; ETHNICITY; LANGUAGE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BRIEF PANIC DISORDER SCREEN; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PANIC; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PANIC DISORDER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 34147122044     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701235069     Document Type: Article

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