Validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in Chilean older people

Miranda‐Castillo, Claudia; Contreras, Daniel; Garay, Karin; Martínez, Paula; León-Campos, María O.; Farhang, Maryam; Morán, Javier; Fernáñdez-Fernández, Virginia

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2019.03.019

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“…The CFA in the present study found a unidimensional model; this is in line with the original study [4] and some other similar studies [3,21,24,26,28]. Nonetheless, as presented in the results, items 12 and 18 had low factor loading, and excluding item 18 appeared to improve the goodness of fit.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Therefore, we assumed a single-factor structure for GAI in our study and refrained from an exploratory factor analysis. CFA also showed that, with minor adjustments, this tool has a suitable and acceptable single-factor structure and results are comparable to most other versions in other countries [3,21,24,26,28].…”

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confidence: 62%

“…Studies in other countries have arrived at different cutpoints for each version [23,26,28]. Pachana et al.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Psychometric properties of the new Persian version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI-PV) and its short form (GAI -PV-SF)

Shati¹,

Mortazavi²,

Malakouti³

et al. 2019

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Background The aim of this research was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI-PV) and its short form (GAI-PV-SF) in a sample of older adults in Iran.Methods In this cross-sectional study, a sample of 150 community-dwelling and a psychogeriatric sample of 48 adults older than 60 years completed the GAI-PV and GAI-PV-SF, the anxiety sub-scale of the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID-I).Results Both the GAI-PV and GAI-PV-SF exhibited excellent internal consistency and desirable concurrent validity against GHQ-28 and GDS-15. The optimal cutpoint score to detect current generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) was 10/11 and 13/14 for GAI-PV in the community-dwelling and psychogeriatric samples, respectively, and 3/4 for GAI-PV-SF in both study samples. A good test-retest reliability and a single-factor structure were also demonstrated.Conclusion Sound psychometric properties of the GAI-PV in both subsamples suggest that the instrument could be used successfully as an accurate screening instrument in the elderly Iranian population.

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Psychometric properties of the new Persian version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI-PV) and its short form (GAI -PV-SF)

Shati¹,

Mortazavi²,

Malakouti³

et al. 2019

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“…The findings showed that the Persian version of Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) is a valid instrument and consistent with the original and the Chinese and Spanish validation studies is a three-factor instrument [1, 29]. However, the Canadian and Chilean version showed one-dimensionality [34, 48]. There is also a study that identifies a four-factor structure for the questionnaire when it was applied in a population of older Americans [49].…”

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confidence: 59%

“…As such the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) was developed by Pachana et al in order to measure anxiety symptoms in the elderly [4]. Since then the instrument was used by many investigators and is validated in many languages including Chinese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Brazilian, Australian, Italian and Chilean [1, 26–34]. This study aimed to validate the instrument in Iran.…”

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The Iranian version of geriatric anxiety inventory (GAI-P): a validation study

Bandari

Heravi‐Karimooi

Miremadi

et al. 2019

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Background Anxiety is one of the most common mental health problems experienced by the elderly that affects quality of life. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Persian version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI-P) in order to provide a valid instrument for measuring anxiety in this population. Methods Forward-backward translation was used to translate the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory from English into Persian and was tested by 10 elderly to assess its face validity. Then a sample of elderly people attending health centers in Dezful, Iran completed the questionnaire. Validity was assessed using both exploratory and confirmatory factors analysis, known-groups comparison (abused and non-abused elderly) also was administered. The internal consistency of the instrument was assessed using Kuder-Richardson 20 coefficients (KR-20). Afterwards, the reliability and validity through assessing the correlation between the Persian version of the GAI-P and the SF-36, were measured. Results In all 720 elderly completed the questionnaire. Of these data from 420 elderly were used for exploratory factor analysis and the data from the remaining 300 elderly were used for confirmatory factor analysis. The exploratory factor analysis showed a three-factor solution (cognitive, arousal and somatic) for the questionnaire that jointly explained 59.48% of the overall variance observed. The confirmatory factor analysis supported the three-factor solution and the second-order latent factor model. The findings indicated a positive and significant correlation between the two measures lending support to its concurrent validity (r = 0.67, p < .001).Ultimately, the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory was found to have a favorable internal consistency. Conclusion This study confirmed that the GAI-P is a valid measure of anxiety in elderly population and now can be used in geriatric studies in Iran.

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An Analysis of the Relationship Between Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being in Chilean Older People Using Structural Equation Modeling

Fernández

Rosell

2021

J Relig Health

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Validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in Chilean older people

Cited by 13 publications

References 18 publications

Psychometric properties of the new Persian version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI-PV) and its short form (GAI -PV-SF)

Psychometric properties of the new Persian version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI-PV) and its short form (GAI -PV-SF)

The Iranian version of geriatric anxiety inventory (GAI-P): a validation study

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Religiosity and Psychological Well-Being in Chilean Older People Using Structural Equation Modeling

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