Psychometric properties of an interviewer-administered version of the Kessler Psychological Distress scale (K10) among Dutch, Moroccan and Turkish respondents

• Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 159 - 168
• Main Authors: Fassaert, T., De Wit, M.A.S., Tuinebreijer, W.C., Wouters, H., Verhoeff, A.P., Beekman, A.T.F., Dekker, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.09.2009
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; anxiety disorders; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Depressive Disorder - diagnosis; Depressive Disorder - psychology; depressive disorders; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Disability Evaluation; ethnic groups; Female; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Male; mass screening; Middle Aged; Morocco; Netherlands; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; psychometrics; Psychometrics - methods; Reproducibility of Results; Turkey; Young Adult; Morocco; Netherlands; Turkey

The Kessler Psychological Distress scale (K10) is an instrument that is widely used to screen for mental disorders, but information is lacking on its psychometric qualities in non‐Western samples. This study used a population‐based sample (N = 725) to assess the reliability and validity of the K10 a...