Measuring common mental disorders in women in Ethiopia: reliability and construct validity of the comprehensive psychopathological rating scale.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
; 43(8): 653-9, 2008 Aug.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18437270
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is a dearth of methodological studies critically evaluating reliability, validity and feasibility of measures of common mental disorders (CMD) in low-income countries.METHODS:
Test-retest and inter-rater reliability of categorisation of CMD caseness, according to locally agreed criteria using the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS), was measured in 99 women from out-patient clinics (inter-rater) and 99 women from a primary healthcare centre (test-retest) in Ethiopia. The construct validity of CMD as measured with CPRS was assessed with exploratory factor analysis using maximum likelihood with varimax rotation.RESULTS:
Test-retest reliability was fair (kappa = 0.29). Subsequent assessment of inter-rater reliability found excellent agreement (kappa = 0.82). The construct of CMD appeared unidimensional, combining depressive, anxiety and somatic symptoms.CONCLUSIONS:
Detection of socioculturally meaningful cases of CMD in Ethiopia can be reliably achieved with local psychiatrist assessment using CPRS, although thorough training is essential.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Women's Health
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Mental Disorders
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
Africa
Language:
En
Journal:
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
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EPIDEMIOLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Reino Unido