Sensitivity and specificity of the worry and anxiety questionnaire (WAQ) in a sample of health-care users in the province of Quebec;Sensibilité et spécificité du questionnaire sur les inquiétudes et l'anxiété (QIA) dans un échantillon d'utilisateurs de soins de santé au Québec

Encephale

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 240-248

  Belleville, G ^a,b   Belanger L ^a,b   Ladouceur, R ^a   Morin, C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assessment; Diagnosis; Generalized anxiety disorder; Questionnaire; Worries

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; WORRY AND ANXIETY QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45349091098     PISSN: 00137006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.encep.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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