TY - JOUR T1 - The GAD-7 scale was accurate for diagnosing generalised anxiety disorder JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 184 LP - 184 DO - 10.1136/ebm.11.6.184 VL - 11 IS - 6 A2 - , Y1 - 2006/12/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/11/6/184.abstract N2 - Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JB, et al. A brief measure for assessing generalised anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. Arch Intern Med 2006;166:1092–7.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science 
 
 Q What is the diagnostic accuracy of the Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)-7 scale? Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Mental health ★★★★★★☆ Psychiatry ★★★★★★☆ Design: blinded comparison of the GAD-7 scale with GAD criteria from the DSM-IV. Setting: 13 family practices and 2 internal medicine clinics in the US. Patients: a random sample of 965 out of 2739 patients 18–95 years of age (mean age 47 y, 65% women, 80% white) who completed a study questionnaire including the GAD-7 scale were evaluated with the diagnostic standard. Description of test: the GAD-7 scale: patients rate answers (0 = not at all, 1 = several days, 2 = more than half the days, 3 = nearly every day) to 7 anxiety related questions; how often in the past … ER -