Overview of the present study
anxiety disorder
It is noteworthy that past studies have found different factorial structures of the GAD-7 in different cultural contexts. The inconsistency suggests that there could be cultural differences in the concept of generalized anxiety disorder. In other words, there is a possibility that GAD-7 may not capture the idea of generalized anxiety disorder in terms of the local perspective. Moreover, studies have found that some items of the measurements that have been validated in other contexts are not applicable to Malaysian samples [In addition, although the Malay version of the GAD-7 has demonstrated good screening properties among women attending primary care clinics [