zed Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7) [10]. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common mental disorders, and the GAD-7 has demonstrated strong psychometric properties in population-based samples [10,11]. The measure has a range of 0 to 21, and a score of 10 or greater on the GAD-7 represents a reasonable cut point for identifying cases of GAD, with high sensitivity (89%) and specificity (82%) [10].

2.4. Qualitative Interviews and Focus Groups
The study explored the perceptions and expe