Psychometric Properties and Validation of the General Anxiety Disorder 7-Item Scale Among Adolescents With Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms.

ABSTRACT: The General Anxiety Disorder 7-Item (GAD-7) scale is commonly used in primary care as a self-report measure of general anxiety symptoms with adult populations. There is little psychometric research on this measure with adolescent populations, particularly those with persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS). This study examined the psychometrics properties of the GAD-7 among youth with PPCS. We used baseline data from a randomized controlled trial of collaborative care for treatment of PPCS among 200 sports-injured adolescents 11-18 years of age (M_age = 14.7 years, standard deviation = 1.7). Eligible adolescents had three or more PPCS that lasted for ≥1 month and spoke English. Adolescents reported on their anxious (GAD-7 and Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-Short Ver

SUBMITTER: Marcynyszyn LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10150728 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature