Single-item screening for agoraphobic symptoms: Validation of a web-based audiovisual screening instrument

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  van Ballegooijen, Wouter ^a,b,c   Riper, Heleen ^a,d,e   Donker, Tara ^a   Martin Abello, Katherina ^b   Marks, Isaac ^f   Cuijpers, Pim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Prevention (Prezens)   (Netherlands)

^d Department of Research   (Netherlands)

^e LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANIC; PANIC DISORDER SEVERITY SCALE - SELF REPORT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY; VISUAL SCREENER FOR COMMON MENTAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIMEDIA; PANIC DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SELF REPORT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84864212715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038480     Document Type: Article

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