Validity and Reliability of the Arabic Patient Health Questionnaire-9 in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury in Lebanon.
Adult
Asian People
/ psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression
/ diagnosis
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Female
Humans
Lebanon
/ epidemiology
Male
Patient Health Questionnaire
/ standards
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
/ standards
ROC Curve
Reproducibility of Results
Spinal Cord Injuries
/ complications
Depression
Lebanon
Patient health Questionnaire-9
Psychometrics
Spinal cord injury
Journal
World neurosurgery
ISSN: 1878-8769
Titre abrégé: World Neurosurg
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101528275
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2019
05 2019
Historique:
received:
07
12
2018
revised:
29
01
2019
accepted:
31
01
2019
pubmed:
17
2
2019
medline:
4
1
2020
entrez:
17
2
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Depression is a prevalent and disabling condition associated with spinal cord injury (SCI). Such associated negative factor warrants the use of valid and reliable psychological assessment tools among this group. One of the available assessment means is the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a short screening measure that evaluates depression status. Our aim is to test the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the PHQ-9 including validity and reliability among Lebanese individuals with SCI. This is a cross-sectional study conducted between January and June 2018, including 51 participants with SCI. Questionnaire and assessment measures were administered to the subjects. The internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and the factor structure of the PHQ-9 were evaluated in addition to the convergent validity, which was established by comparing the scale's total score with the scores of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale. Exploratory factor analysis revealed 3 factors accounting for 66.2% of the total variance. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.71) and test-retest reliability (Intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.88). Significant correlation was found between the PHQ-9 and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (r = 0.71) suggesting good convergent validity. Our findings suggest that the PHQ-9 has good psychometric properties and is a valid and reliable measure of depression among the Lebanese individuals with SCI.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Depression is a prevalent and disabling condition associated with spinal cord injury (SCI). Such associated negative factor warrants the use of valid and reliable psychological assessment tools among this group. One of the available assessment means is the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), a short screening measure that evaluates depression status. Our aim is to test the psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the PHQ-9 including validity and reliability among Lebanese individuals with SCI.
METHODS
This is a cross-sectional study conducted between January and June 2018, including 51 participants with SCI. Questionnaire and assessment measures were administered to the subjects. The internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and the factor structure of the PHQ-9 were evaluated in addition to the convergent validity, which was established by comparing the scale's total score with the scores of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale.
RESULTS
Exploratory factor analysis revealed 3 factors accounting for 66.2% of the total variance. The scale demonstrated good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.71) and test-retest reliability (Intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.88). Significant correlation was found between the PHQ-9 and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (r = 0.71) suggesting good convergent validity.
CONCLUSIONS
Our findings suggest that the PHQ-9 has good psychometric properties and is a valid and reliable measure of depression among the Lebanese individuals with SCI.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30771543
pii: S1878-8750(19)30346-8
doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.01.234
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e1016-e1022Informations de copyright
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