Reliability and validity of the Dutch version of the Glasgow Anxiety Scale for people with an Intellectual Disability (GAS‐ID)

Abstract

The Dutch version of the GAS-ID is a reliable screening instrument with satisfactory sensitivity, but moderate specificity for anxiety disorders. Although specificity for anxiety disorders is only moderate, high scores appear to be indicative of other psychiatric problems too, justifying referral for psychiatric assessment of false-positives.

Associations of symptoms of anxiety and depression with diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors in older people with intellectual disability

“…We used a cut‐off score of ≥17 (Hermans et al . ). The HADS‐A has fair to good psychometric properties (Spinhoven et al .…”

Comparison of Anxiety as Reported by Older People with Intellectual Disabilities and by Older People with Normal Intelligence

“…31 In older people with ID, the internal consistency of the HADS-A is fair (alpha ¼ 0.72) and the correlation with a selfreport anxiety instrument specifically developed and validated for this group (the Glasgow Anxiety Scale for people with an Intellectual Disability), 32 is moderate (r ¼ 0.61). 33 The instruments showed 80% correspondence for the used cutoff scores. The HADS-A was completed in writing by the participants with normal intelligence, whereas participants with ID were interviewed by a trained interviewer.…”

Screeninginstrument für Angst bei Menschen mit Intelligenzminderung: Deutsche Version der „Glasgow Anxiety Scale for people with an Intellectual Disability“ (GAS-ID)

“…Im englischsprachigen Raum liegen bereits validierte Angstfragebögen vor [9]. Dem Review von Hermans und Kollegen [9] zufolge erweist sich die Glasgow Anxiety Scale for people with an Intellectual Disability (GAS-ID; [10]) aufgrund ihrer guten psychometrischen Eigenschaften und ihrer kurzen, konkreten Fragen zu kognitiven und physischen Symptomen von Angst als das geeignetste Instrument und wurde daher bereits ins Niederländische übersetzt [11].…”