The Short Health Anxiety Inventory: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 68-78

  Alberts, Nicole M ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D ^a   Jones, Shannon L ^a   Sharpe, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health anxiety; Hypochondriasis; Meta analysis; Review; Short Health Anxiety Inventory

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT HEALTH ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDITY;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84871031592     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.10.009     Document Type: Review

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