Portuguese version of the geriatric anxiety inventory: Transcultural adaptation and psychometric validation

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 742-748

  Ribeiro, Oscar ^a,b   Paúlac, Constança ^a   Simoes, Múrio R ^c   Firmino, Horúcio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cultural aspects; GAI; Late life anxiety; Psychological distress; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATING;

EID: 80054840800     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.562177     Document Type: Article

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