Adaptation and validation of short scales for assessment of psychological distress in Iran: The Persian K10 and K6.

Ahmad HajebiAbbas MotevalianMasoumeh AminesmaeiliAfarin Rahimi-MovagharVandad SharifiLeila HoseiniBehrang ShadlooRamin Mojtabai

Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research (2018)

Persian K10 and K6 have acceptable psychometric properties as screening instruments for common mental health conditions. Given its brevity and similar psychometric properties to the longer instruments, the Persian K6 appears to be a suitable scale for use in PHC settings and, possibly, epidemiologic studies in Iran.

Keyphrases

psychometric properties
mental health
patient reported outcomes
clinical evaluation