The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD‐7) and the anxiety module of the Hospital and Depression Scale (HADS‐A) as screening tools for generalized anxiety disorder among cancer patients

Objective: Anxiety in cancer patients may represent a normal psychological reaction. To detect patients with pathological levels, appropriate screeners with established cut‐offs are needed. Given that previous research is sparse, we investigated the diagnostic accuracy of 2 frequently used screening...

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Main Authors: Esser, Peter (Author) , Hartung, Tim J. (Author) , Friedrich, Michael (Author) , Johansen, Christoffer (Author) , Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich (Author) , Faller, Hermann (Author) , Koch, Uwe (Author) , Härter, Martin (Author) , Keller, Monika (Author) , Schulz, Holger (Author) , Wegscheider, Karl (Author) , Weis, Joachim (Author) , Mehnert-Theuerkauf, Anja (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 23 February 2018
In: Psycho-oncology
Year: 2018, Volume: 27, Issue: 6, Pages: 1509-1516
ISSN:1099-1611
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pon.4681
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Author Notes:Peter Esser, Tim J. Hartung, Michael Friedrich, Christoffer Johansen, Hans‐Ulrich Wittchen, Hermann Faller, Uwe Koch, Martin Härter, Monika Keller, Holger Schulz, Karl Wegscheider, Joachim Weis, Anja Mehnert

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