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Validity and reliability of Kessler Psychological Distress Scale for Brazilian elderly: a cross-sectional study

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2021.
    • الموضوع:
      2021
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Objective: to verify the validity and reliability of the Psychological Distress Scale for screening mental distress. Methods: a cross-sectional study with 75 elderly people. Psychological Distress scale and Self Reporting Questionnaire were used. Criterion validity was verified using Spearman’s correlation and diagnostic accuracy measures. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to investigate reliability. Results: the total internal consistency of the Psychological Distress Scale was α=0.844. Concurrent validity between this instrument and the Self Reporting Questionnaire was ρ=0.722 (p
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    • ISSN:
      1984-0446
      0034-7167
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0365
    • Rights:
      CC BY
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsair.doi.dedup.....0da86d78f4df1b642a3d40c904901d7a