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cord-354715-zofba2b4	Ransing, Ramdas	Can COVID-19 related mental health issues be measured?: Assessment options for mental health professionals	2020-05-26		.txt	text/plain	1126	71	52	A lack of specific robust screening tools or diagnostic instruments to identify relevant symptoms and attempts to study the epidemiology of COVID-19 related mental health issues using traditional assessment tools (e.g. PHQ-9, GAD-7) may lead to under-diagnosis or over-diagnosis due to their poor psychometric properties (e.g. face validity). Both the OCS and CAS can assist with identifying the maintaining factors for COVID-19 anxiety and developing interventions to tackle them. All scales were developed in the pre-peak period of the pandemic and may not be sensitive or specific enough to assess anxiety or dysfunctional thinking during peak or post-peak periods (Ransing et al., 2020) . For interventional research, the combination of scales or tools (e.g. traditional, self-report, and clinical-administered) either parallel or in a predefined sequence may be necessary to assess the change and to improve diagnostic coverage, psychometric properties, and comparative evaluation.	./cache/cord-354715-zofba2b4.txt	./txt/cord-354715-zofba2b4.txt