2,200
citations
115
peer-reviewed papers
6
clinical trials
Our published research
In 2007, we published our foundational article describing the development and initial validation of the GAI. To date, that article has over 650 citations (Pachana et al., 2007) and since then, accumulated citations have continued to increase year on year.
Foundation articles
Pachana, N. A., Byrne, G. J., Siddle, H., Koloski, N., Harley, E., & Arnold, E. (2007). Development and validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory. International psychogeriatrics, 19(1), 103-114.
Byrne, G. J., & Pachana, N. A. (2011). Development and validation of a short form of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory-the GAI-SF. International Psychogeriatrics, 23(1), 125.
Psychometric data
Bendixen, A. B., Hartberg, C. B., Selbæk, G., & Engedal, K. (2016). Symptoms of anxiety in older adults with depression, dementia, or psychosis: a principal component analysis of the geriatric anxiety inventory. Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 42(5-6), 310-322.
Gould, C. E., Segal, D. L., Yochim, B. P., Pachana, N. A., Byrne, G. J., & Beaudreau, S. A. (2014). Measuring anxiety in late life: a psychometric examination of the geriatric anxiety inventory and geriatric anxiety scale. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 28(8), 804-811.
Molde, H., Hynninen, K. M., Torsheim, T., Bendixen, A. B., Engedal, K., Pachana, N. A., & Nordhus, I. H. (2017). A Bifactor and item response analysis of the geriatric anxiety inventory. International psychogeriatrics, 29(10), 1647.
Therrien, Z., & Hunsley, J. (2012). Assessment of anxiety in older adults: a systematic review of commonly used measures. Aging & mental health, 16(1), 1-16.
Byrne, G. J., Pachana, N. A., Goncalves, D. C., Arnold, E., King, R., & Keat Khoo, S. (2010). Psychometric properties and health correlates of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in Australian community-residing older women. Aging & Mental Health, 14(3), 247-254.
Johnco, C., Knight, A., Tadic, D., & Wuthrich, V. M. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) and its short-form (GAI-SF) in a clinical and non-clinical sample of older adults. International Psychogeriatrics, 27(7), 1089-1097.
Diefenbach, G. J., Bragdon, L. B., & Blank, K. (2014). Geriatric anxiety inventory: factor structure and associations with cognitive status. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22(12), 1418-1426.
Molde, H. Nordhus, I.H., Torsheim, T., Engedal, K., Bendixen, Byrne, G.J., Márquez-González, M., Losada, A., Feng, L., Ow, E.K.T., Pisitsungkagarn, K., Taephant, N., Jarukasemthawee, S., Champagne, A., Landreville, P., Gosselin, P., Ribeiro, O., PhD,12, Diefenbach, G.J., PhD,13 Blank, K., Beaudreau, S.A., Laks, J., Bom de Araújo, N., PhD,15 Fonseca, R.P., Kochhann, R., Camozzato, A., van den Brink, R., Fluiter, M., Naarding, P., Pelzers, L.P.R.M., Lugtenburg, A., Oude Voshaar, R., & Pachana, N.A. (2020). A cross-national analysis of the psychometric properties of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI). Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 75(7), 1475-1483.
Use in specialised populations
Kneebone, I. I., Fife-Schaw, C., Lincoln, N. B., & Harder, H. (2016). A study of the validity and the reliability of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in screening for anxiety after stroke in older inpatients. Clinical Rehabilitation, 30(12), 1220-1228.
Gerolimatos, L. A., Gregg, J. J., & Edelstein, B. A. (2013). Assessment of anxiety in long-term care: examination of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) and its short form. International Psychogeriatrics, 25(9), 1533.
Diefenbach, G. J., Tolin, D. F., Meunier, S. A., & Gilliam, C. M. (2009). Assessment of anxiety in older home care recipients. The Gerontologist, 49(2), 141-153.
Boddice, G., Pachana, N. A., & Byrne, G. J. (2008). The clinical utility of the geriatric anxiety inventory in older adults with cognitive impairment. Nursing older people, 20(8).
Matheson, S. F., Byrne, G. J., Dissanayaka, N. N., Pachana, N. A., Mellick, G. D., O’Sullivan, J. D., … & Marsh, R. (2012). Validity and reliability of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory in Parkinson’s disease. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 31(1), 13-16.
Rozzini, L., Chilovi, B. V., Peli, M., Conti, M., Rozzini, R., Trabucchi, M., & Padovani, A. (2009). Anxiety symptoms in mild cognitive impairment. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: A journal of the psychiatry of late life and allied sciences, 24(3), 300-305.
Goodarzi, Z., Samii, L., Azeem, F., Sekhon, R., Crites, S., Pringsheim, T., … & Holroyd‐Leduc, J. (2019). Detection of anxiety symptoms in persons with dementia: A systematic review. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 11(1), 340-347.
Stanley, M. A., Calleo, J., Bush, A. L., Wilson, N., Snow, A. L., Kraus-Schuman, C., … & Kunik, M. E. (2013). The Peaceful Mind program: A pilot test of a cognitive–behavioral therapy–based intervention for anxious patients with Dementia. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry, 21(7), 696-708.
Clinical trial data
Ball, S. G., Lipsius, S., & Escobar, R. (2015). Validation of the geriatric anxiety inventory in a duloxetine clinical trial for elderly adults with generalized anxiety disorder.
Wuthrich, V. M., Rapee, R. M., Kangas, M., & Perini, S. (2016). Randomized controlled trial of group cognitive behavioral therapy compared to a discussion group for co-morbid anxiety and depression in older adults. Psychological Medicine, 46(4), 785.
Jones, S. L., Hadjistavropoulos, H. D., & Soucy, J. N. (2016). A randomized controlled trial of guided internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for older adults with generalized anxiety. Journal of anxiety disorders, 37, 1-9.
Klainin-Yobas, P., Kowitlawakul, Y., Lopez, V., Tang, C. T., Hoek, K. E., Gan, G. L., … & Mahendran, R. (2019). The effects of mindfulness and health education programs on the emotional state and cognitive function of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment: a randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 68, 211-217.
Kunik, M. E., Stanley, M. A., Shrestha, S., Ramsey, D., Richey, S., Snow, L., … & Amspoker, A. B. (2020). Aggression prevention training for individuals with dementia and their caregivers: a randomized controlled trial. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 28(6), 662-672.
Wuthrich, V. M., Rapee, R. M., Draper, B., Brodaty, H., Lee-Fay, L., & Naismith, S. L. (2019). Reducing risk factors for cognitive decline through psychological interventions: a pilot randomized controlled trial. International psychogeriatrics, 31(7), 1015-1025.
Pachana, N. A., & Byrne, G. J. (2012). The Geriatric Anxiety Inventory: international use and future directions. Australian Psychologist, 47(1), 33-38.
Massena, P. N., de Araújo, N. B., Pachana, N., Laks, J., & de Pádua, A. C. (2015). Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese Version of Geriatric Anxiety Inventory-GAI-BR. International Psychogeriatrics, 27(7), 1113.
Ribeiro, O., Paúl, C., Simões, M. R., & Firmino, H. (2011). Portuguese version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory: Transcultural adaptation and psychometric validation. Aging & Mental Health, 15(6), 742-748.
Márquez-González, M., Losada, A., Fernández-Fernández, V., & Pachana, N. A. (2012). Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory. International Psychogeriatrics, 24(1), 137.
Yan, Y., Xin, T., Wang, D., & Tang, D. (2014). Application of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory-Chinese Version (GAI-CV) to older people in Beijing communities. International psychogeriatrics, 26(3), 517.
Ferrari, S., Signorelli, M. S., Cerrato, F., Pingani, L., Massimino, M., Valente, S., … & Atti, A. R. (2017). Never too late to be anxious: validation of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory, Italian version. Clin Ter, 168(2), e120-e127.
Martiny C, Cardoso de Oliveira, A., Nardi, A.E., & Pachana, N.A. (2011). Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Brazilian version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI). Revista de Psiquiatria Clínica, 38(1), 8-12.
Lin, X., Haralambous, B., Pachana, N., Bryant, C., Logiudice, D., Goh, A., & Dow, B. (2016). Screening for depression and anxiety among older Chinese immigrants living in Western countries: The use of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI). Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, 8(1), 32-43.
Dow, B., Lin, X., Pachana, N.A., Bryant, C., LoGiudice, D., Goh, A., & Haralambous, B. (2018). Reliability, concurrent validity and cultural adaptation of the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory for detecting depression and anxiety symptoms amongst older Chinese immigrants: an Australian study. International Psychogeriatrics, 30(5), 735-748.
Heissler, R., Kopeček, M., Pachana, N.A., Franková, V., & Štěpánková Georgi, H. (2018). Inventář Geriatrické úzkosti (GAI) a jeho zkrácená verze GAI-SF: Česká normativní studie [Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) and its short form GAI-SF: Czech normative study]. Československá psychologie, 62(5), 462-476.
Shati, M., Mortazavi, S., Malakouti, S.K., Norouzi, A., Mehravaran, S., & Pachana, N.A. (2019). Psychometric properties of the new Persian version of the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) and its short form. Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 118.
Daniel, F., Vicente, H., Guadalupe, S., Silva, A., & Espirito Santo, H. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the geriatric anxiety inventory in a sample of eldery people in residential care. Revista Portuguesa de Investigação Comportamental e Social, 1(2), 15-30.