Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia

Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-11

  Sidik, Sherina Mohd ^a   Arroll, Bruce ^b   Goodyear Smith, Felicity ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Malaysia; Primary care; Validation; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857724817     PISSN: 11726164     EISSN: 11726156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/hc12005     Document Type: Article

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