Assessment of anxiety in long-term care: Examination of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) and its short form

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1533-1542

  Gerolimatos, Lindsay A ^a   Gregg, Jeffrey J ^a   Edelstein, Barry A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; clinical assessment; long term care

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ANXIETY INVENTORY; GERIATRIC ANXIETY INVENTORY SHORT FORM; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD DISORDER; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881038576     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000847     Document Type: Article

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