TY - JOUR
T1 - Validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in Chilean older people
AU - Miranda-Castillo, Claudia
AU - Contreras, Daniel
AU - Garay, Karin
AU - Martínez, Paula
AU - León-Campos, María O.
AU - Farhang, Maryam
AU - Morán, Javier
AU - Fernández-Fernández, Virginia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - Objective: Currently in Chile there is a lack of validated tools for measuring anxiety in the elderly population. Considering this, the purpose of this study was to validate the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) in the country. Method: An analysis of the psychometric properties of the GAI was carried out, using a non-clinical sample of 301 older adults in the Metropolitan and Valparaíso regions of Chile. Older people were asked about anxiety, rumination, depression, well-being and sociodemographic data. Results: An excellent internal reliability was obtained with a Cronbach score of 0.931. An adequate convergent validity was observed with the Depression scales (CES-D) (Rho = 0.549, p <.01), Rumination (RSS) (Rho = 0.618; p < 0.01) and Experiential avoiding (Rho = 0.485; p < 0.01). On the other hand, the discriminant validity of the psychological well-being scale presented a negative correlation of Rho = -0.699 (p < 0.01). Finally, and Exploratory Factor Analysis was made, revealing a one-dimensional model of the instrument. Conclusion: The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory has very good psychometric properties measuring anxiety in elderly people, being an adequate instrument for the screening of anxiety on this population.
AB - Objective: Currently in Chile there is a lack of validated tools for measuring anxiety in the elderly population. Considering this, the purpose of this study was to validate the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) in the country. Method: An analysis of the psychometric properties of the GAI was carried out, using a non-clinical sample of 301 older adults in the Metropolitan and Valparaíso regions of Chile. Older people were asked about anxiety, rumination, depression, well-being and sociodemographic data. Results: An excellent internal reliability was obtained with a Cronbach score of 0.931. An adequate convergent validity was observed with the Depression scales (CES-D) (Rho = 0.549, p <.01), Rumination (RSS) (Rho = 0.618; p < 0.01) and Experiential avoiding (Rho = 0.485; p < 0.01). On the other hand, the discriminant validity of the psychological well-being scale presented a negative correlation of Rho = -0.699 (p < 0.01). Finally, and Exploratory Factor Analysis was made, revealing a one-dimensional model of the instrument. Conclusion: The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory has very good psychometric properties measuring anxiety in elderly people, being an adequate instrument for the screening of anxiety on this population.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Older people
KW - Reliability
KW - Validity
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U2 - 10.1016/j.archger.2019.03.019
DO - 10.1016/j.archger.2019.03.019
M3 - Article
C2 - 30974400
AN - SCOPUS:85063936199
SN - 0167-4943
VL - 83
SP - 81
EP - 85
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
ER -