Goldberg Anxiety Subscale
Anxiety, anxiety
Anxiety was measured by the Goldberg anxiety subscale, which is a subscale of the Goldberg questionnaire, with nine dichotomous response items (yes/no). An independent score is awarded for each scale, with one point for an affirmative answer. The cut-off value is ≥4 for the anxiety subscale, which indicates “probable anxiety”. This scale has a specificity of 91% and a sensitivity of 86% [