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Youth Well-Being: Strengthening mental health and human capital in a social programme for vulnerable young people in Colombia

Colombia, 2025 - 2026
DESS

Reference ID

10.16909-dataset-67

DOI

Producer(s)

Mauricio Avendano, Martha Escobar Lux, Fabio Idrobo Bonilla, Armando N. Meier, Omar Y. Vargas Rodriguez

Collections

Department of epidemiology and health systems (DESS)

Metadata

GAD-7 scale - Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge. (gad7_1)

Data file: Individual-level surveys dataset

Overview

Valid: 43180
Invalid: 32816
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following problems?
Question 1. Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge.
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 Not at all 15033
34.8%
1 Several days 19523
45.2%
2 More than half the days 5996
13.9%
3 Nearly everyday 2628
6.1%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Others

Notes
Topic: Standardised instrument : GAD-7

Asked in survey wave(s): Baseline survey, Follow-up 1 survey, Follow-up 2 survey, Follow-up 3 survey

Reference/note: Spitzer RL, Kroenke K, Williams JBW, Löwe B (2006). A brief measure for assessing generalized anxiety disorder: the GAD-7. Arch Intern Med 166(10):1092–1097. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.166.10.1092

Spanish/Colombian translation and validation: Camargo L, Herrera-Pino J, Shelach S, et al. (2023). GAD-7 Generalised Anxiety Disorder scale in Colombian medical professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: construct validity and reliability. Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed) 52(3):245–250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcpeng.2021.06.011
Study description in PDF

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