Concurrent validity of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in late-life depression
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Concurrent validity of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in late-life depression.
The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) is a newly developed instrument specifically designed to measure common symptoms of anxiety in older adults (Pachana et al., 2006). It contains 20 items with a dichotomous response format “agree/disagree”. The GAI can be self-rating or administered by a trained health professional. Pachana et al. reported the GAI to have sound psychometric properties in bot...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Psychogeriatrics
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1041-6102,1741-203X
DOI: 10.1017/s1041610206004340