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An arabic translation, reliability, and validation of Patient Health Questionnaire in a Saudi sample

Overview of attention for article published in Annals of General Psychiatry, September 2017
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Title
An arabic translation, reliability, and validation of Patient Health Questionnaire in a Saudi sample
Published in
Annals of General Psychiatry, September 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12991-017-0155-1
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Authors

Ahmad N. AlHadi, Deemah A. AlAteeq, Eman Al-Sharif, Hamdah M. Bawazeer, Hasan Alanazi, Abdulaziz T. AlShomrani, Raafat M. Shuqdar, Reem AlOwaybil

Abstract

Psychological disorders including depression and anxiety are not rare in primary care clinics. The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) is a clinical diagnostic tool that is widely utilized by primary health care physicians worldwide because it provides a practical in-clinic tool to screen for psychological disorders. This study evaluated the validity of the Arabic version of the PHQ in all six modules including depression, anxiety, somatic, panic, eating, and alcohol abuse disorders. This is a quantitative observational cross-sectional study that was conducted by administrating the translated Arabic version of PHQ to a sample of King Saud University students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The sample was 731 university students who participated in this study including 376 (51.6%) females and 354 (48.4%) males with a mean age of 21.30 years. Eight mental health experts carried out the face validation process of the PHQ Arabic version. The internal consistency reliability was measured using Cronbach's alpha for the PHQ9, GAD7, PHQ15, and panic disorder modules. The results were 0.857, 0.763, 0.826, and 0.696, respectively. In comparison, the eating disorders and alcohol abuse modules demonstrated poor internal consistency due to small number of participants in these modules. This study demonstrates that the Arabic version of the PHQ is a valid and reliable tool to screen for depression, anxiety, somatic, and panic disorders in a Saudi sample.

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Unknown 260 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 25 10%
Student > Master 20 8%
Professor > Associate Professor 17 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 7%
Researcher 14 5%
Other 53 20%
Unknown 114 44%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 62 24%
Psychology 20 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 3%
Social Sciences 8 3%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 5 2%
Other 32 12%
Unknown 125 48%
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