Validation of the geriatric anxiety inventory in a duloxetine clinical trial for elderly adults with generalized anxiety disorder

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1533-1539

  Ball, Susan G ^a,c   Lipsius, Sarah ^b   Escobar, Rodrigo ^a  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b SYNEOS HEALTH   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; clinical assessment; scales

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; PLACEBO; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; DIVERGENT VALIDITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENERALIZED ANXIETY INVENTORY; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNAL RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARALLEL DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; VALIDITY; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARGENTINA; AUSTRIA; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; MEXICO; POLAND; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ARGENTINA; AUSTRIA; CANADA; DEPRESSION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DULOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; POLAND; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938415458     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610215000381     Document Type: Article

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