Validation and standardization of the generalized anxiety disorder screener (GAD-7) in the general population

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 266-274

  Löwe, Bernd ^a   Decker, Oliver ^b   Müller, Stefanie ^c   Brähler, Elmar ^b   Schellberg, Dieter ^c   Herzog, Wolfgang ^c   Herzberg, Philipp Yorck ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Outcome assessment; Psychometrics; Reference standards; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42149095126     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318160d093     Document Type: Article

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