The Turkish adaptation and psychometric properties of the Geriatric Anxiety Scale
The purpose of the present study is to translate and adapt the Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS), a 30-item self-report measure of anxiety among older adults, into Turkish and examine its basic psychometric properties. We tested the translated GAS in a sample of community-dwelling older adults in Konya,...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Mental illness 2018-05, Vol.10 (1), p.1-5 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The purpose of the present study is to translate and adapt the Geriatric Anxiety Scale (GAS), a 30-item self-report measure of anxiety among older adults, into Turkish and examine its basic psychometric properties. We tested the translated GAS in a sample of community-dwelling older adults in Konya, Turkey (
N
=100;
M
age
=71.4 years,
SD
=6.5; range=65-88) without a history of mental disorder and sufficient cognitive abilities. To assess the convergent validity, Turkish versions of the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) were administered. The mean GAS total score was 13.33 (
SD
=11.86). Due to low item-total correlations ( |
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| ISSN: | 2036-7465 2036-7465 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/mi.2018.7580 |