Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Kessler Scale of Psychological Distress to a traumatic brain injury population in Swahili and the Tanzanian Setting.
João Ricardo Nickening VissociSilvia Daniela VacaDeena El-GabriLeonardo Pestillo de OliveiraMark MvungiBlandina Theophil MmbagaMichael HaglundCatherine StatonPublished in: Health and quality of life outcomes (2018)
This paper presents the first Swahili adaptations of the Kessler Psychological Distress scale as well as the first validation of these questionnaires in Tanzania. The instrument was found to have acceptable psychometric properties, resulting in a new useful tool for medical and social research in this setting.