Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay Version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia.
INTRODUCTION: Anxiety is a common mental health disorder in primary care, with a higher prevalence among women compared to men. AIM: This is the first study to validate the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 questionnaire (GAD-7) as a case-finding instrument for anxiety in a primary care setting in Mala...
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| description | INTRODUCTION: Anxiety is a common mental health disorder in primary care, with a higher prevalence among women compared to men. AIM: This is the first study to validate the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 questionnaire (GAD-7) as a case-finding instrument for anxiety in a primary care setting in Malaysia. The objective was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Malay version of the GAD-7 in detecting anxiety among women. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a government-funded primary care clinic in Malaysia. Consecutive women participants attending the clinic during data collection were given self-administered questionnaires including the GAD-7 (Malay version). Participants then were selected using systematic weighted random sampling for Composite International Diagnostic Interviews (CIDI). The GAD-7 was validated against the CIDI reference standard.
RESULTS: The response rate was 87.5% for the questionnaire completion (895/1023), and 96.8% for diagnostic interviews (151/156). The prevalence of anxiety was 7.8%. The GAD-7 had a sensitivity of 76% (95% CI 61%-87%), a specificity of 94% (88%-97%), positive LR 13.7 (6.2-30.5) and negative LR 0.25 (0.14-0.45). DISCUSSION: The Malay version of the GAD-7 was found to be valid and reliable in case-finding for anxiety in this study. Due to its brevity, it is a suitable case-finding instrument for detecting anxiety in primary care settings in Malaysia. |
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| spelling | upm-247112015-10-09T07:25:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24711/ Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay Version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia. Mohd Sidik, Sherina Arroll, Bruce Goodyear-Smith, Felicity INTRODUCTION: Anxiety is a common mental health disorder in primary care, with a higher prevalence among women compared to men. AIM: This is the first study to validate the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 questionnaire (GAD-7) as a case-finding instrument for anxiety in a primary care setting in Malaysia. The objective was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Malay version of the GAD-7 in detecting anxiety among women. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a government-funded primary care clinic in Malaysia. Consecutive women participants attending the clinic during data collection were given self-administered questionnaires including the GAD-7 (Malay version). Participants then were selected using systematic weighted random sampling for Composite International Diagnostic Interviews (CIDI). The GAD-7 was validated against the CIDI reference standard. RESULTS: The response rate was 87.5% for the questionnaire completion (895/1023), and 96.8% for diagnostic interviews (151/156). The prevalence of anxiety was 7.8%. The GAD-7 had a sensitivity of 76% (95% CI 61%-87%), a specificity of 94% (88%-97%), positive LR 13.7 (6.2-30.5) and negative LR 0.25 (0.14-0.45). DISCUSSION: The Malay version of the GAD-7 was found to be valid and reliable in case-finding for anxiety in this study. Due to its brevity, it is a suitable case-finding instrument for detecting anxiety in primary care settings in Malaysia. Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners 2012-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24711/1/Validation%20of%20the%20GAD.pdf Mohd Sidik, Sherina and Arroll, Bruce and Goodyear-Smith, Felicity (2012) Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay Version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia. Journal of Primary Health Care, 4 (1 ). pp. 5-11. ISSN 1172-6156; ESSN:1172-6156 http://www.rnzcgp.org.nz/ |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Sidik, Sherina Arroll, Bruce Goodyear-Smith, Felicity Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay Version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia. |
| title | Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay Version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia. |
| title_full | Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay Version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia. |
| title_fullStr | Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay Version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay Version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia. |
| title_short | Validation of the GAD-7 (Malay Version) among women attending a primary care clinic in Malaysia. |
| title_sort | validation of the gad-7 (malay version) among women attending a primary care clinic in malaysia. |
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