Aim – The aim of this work was to validate the Italian version of GAI (GAI-It) and its short form (GAI-It SF) in an over 65-population. Methods – In 3 recruitment areas across Italy, two raters reciprocally blind to results assessed eligible subjects; a semi-structured diagnostic clinical interview was performed by a psychiatrist. Results – Among the 76 enrolled subjects (mean age 72.7±6.8 years), anxiety symptoms were very common: 69.7% (moderate/severe HADS-Anxiety), 76.3% (moderate/severe STAI-state), 71.0% (moderate/severe STAI-trait), 61.8% (GAI), 55.3% (GAI-SF). Sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of GAI confirmed a good reliability of the Italian version, with Cronbach’s Alpha equal to 0.93 for GAI-It and to 0.77 for GAI-It SF, indicating a very good and good construct validity, respectively, of the scales. The Pearson correlation index demonstrated a moderately positive correlation among GAI, GAI-SF and STAI. Conclusions – Our data confirm the validity of GAI-It as a valuable instrument to assess anxiety in an elderly population, for clinical and research purposes.

Never too late to be anxious: validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, Italian version / Ferrari, Silvia; Signorelli, M. S; Cerrato, F; Pingani, Luca; Massimino, M; Valente, S; Forlani, M; Bonasegla, P; Arcidiacono, E; De Ronchi, D; Rigatelli, Marco; Aguglia, E; Atti, A. R.. - In: LA CLINICA TERAPEUTICA. - ISSN 1972-6007. - 168:2(2017), pp. e120-e127. [10.7417/CT.2017.1992]

Never too late to be anxious: validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, Italian version

FERRARI, Silvia;PINGANI, LUCA;RIGATELLI, Marco;
2017

Abstract

Aim – The aim of this work was to validate the Italian version of GAI (GAI-It) and its short form (GAI-It SF) in an over 65-population. Methods – In 3 recruitment areas across Italy, two raters reciprocally blind to results assessed eligible subjects; a semi-structured diagnostic clinical interview was performed by a psychiatrist. Results – Among the 76 enrolled subjects (mean age 72.7±6.8 years), anxiety symptoms were very common: 69.7% (moderate/severe HADS-Anxiety), 76.3% (moderate/severe STAI-state), 71.0% (moderate/severe STAI-trait), 61.8% (GAI), 55.3% (GAI-SF). Sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of GAI confirmed a good reliability of the Italian version, with Cronbach’s Alpha equal to 0.93 for GAI-It and to 0.77 for GAI-It SF, indicating a very good and good construct validity, respectively, of the scales. The Pearson correlation index demonstrated a moderately positive correlation among GAI, GAI-SF and STAI. Conclusions – Our data confirm the validity of GAI-It as a valuable instrument to assess anxiety in an elderly population, for clinical and research purposes.
2017
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e120
e127
Never too late to be anxious: validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, Italian version / Ferrari, Silvia; Signorelli, M. S; Cerrato, F; Pingani, Luca; Massimino, M; Valente, S; Forlani, M; Bonasegla, P; Arcidiacono, E; De Ronchi, D; Rigatelli, Marco; Aguglia, E; Atti, A. R.. - In: LA CLINICA TERAPEUTICA. - ISSN 1972-6007. - 168:2(2017), pp. e120-e127. [10.7417/CT.2017.1992]
Ferrari, Silvia; Signorelli, M. S; Cerrato, F; Pingani, Luca; Massimino, M; Valente, S; Forlani, M; Bonasegla, P; Arcidiacono, E; De Ronchi, D; Rigate...espandi
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