Assessing anxiety symptom severity in Rwandese adolescents: cross-gender measurement invariance of GAD-7

ConclusionThe GAD-7 can be used in cross-group comparison of generalized anxiety disorder prevalence, and we acknowledge that full scalar invariance is generally difficult to confirm, especially due to gender differences. We recommend that future studies further investigate populations living in rural areas and conduct trials that will focus on anxiety-specific treatment in Rwandan Clinical health care centers to determine the diagnostic accuracy of this screening tool.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research