TY - JOUR T1 - The 2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale had high sensitivity and specificity for detecting GAD in primary care JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 149 LP - 149 DO - 10.1136/ebm.12.5.149 VL - 12 IS - 5 A2 - , Y1 - 2007/10/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/12/5/149.abstract N2 - Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB, et al. Anxiety disorders in primary care: prevalence, impairment, comorbidity, and detection. Ann Intern Med 2007;146:317–25.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science 
 
 Q In primary care patients, is a brief anxiety measure (Generalized Anxiety Disorder [GAD] scale) accurate for detecting GAD, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder? Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★☆☆ GP/FP/Mental health ★★★★★★☆ Psychiatry ★★★★★☆☆ Design: blinded comparison of GAD scale with psychiatric diagnoses based on DSM-IV criteria. Setting: 15 primary care centres (13 family practice and 2 internal medicine) in 12 states in the US. Patients: 965 patients who were 18–87 years of age (mean age 47 y, 69% women), completed a self-report questionnaire, and were randomly selected from 1654 patients who agreed to a follow-up telephone interview. Description of test: GAD-7, a 7-item anxiety scale. Scores ranged from 0 to 21; scores of 5, 10, and 15 indicated mild, moderate, and severe anxiety symptoms, respectively. The … ER -