Peradeniya Depression Scale (PDS)

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First Name T.N.
Last Name Rajapske
Email Not Available
Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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Mental health assessment tool that was adapted/developed/validated Peradeniya Depression Scale (PDS)
Mental health condition assessed Depressive Disorders
Idiom of distress included, if any “Saankaawa” (implies sadness and grief), “Bade gindara” (“fire in the abdomen), “Waatha amaaru” (generalized discomfort)
Lifestage of interest Adult (General)
Age range (age – age) 18+
Country or countries where tool was developed/adapted/validated Sri Lanka
Language(s) of the adapted/developed/validated tool Sinhalese
Clinical or community sample? Clinical
Subpopulation in which tool was developed/validated (e.g., tool was developed and tested among middle-class women)? Community members who were presenting to a psychiatry clinic for the first time and were suffering from current Major Depressive Episode.
Development procedures locally-developed,validated
If validated, what was the gold standard? Clinical diagnosis using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM Disorders (SCID)
Description of other development procedures, if applicable —
Cronbach’s alpha —
Sensitivity 0.87
Spec 0.88
Other information about tool (e.g., additional psychometrics [NPV, PPV, Youden’s index, diagnostic odds ratio]) Area under the ROC curve was 0.95 (95% CI 0.91-0.99).
Citations of development/adaptation/validation studies and/or previous studies using the tool Abeyasinghe, D., Tennakoon, S., & Rajapakse, T. (2012). The development and validation of the Peradeniya Depression Scale (PDS)—A culturally relevant tool for screening of depression in Sri Lanka. Journal of Affective Disorders, 142(1-3), 143–149.
Notes when administering the tool The tool is intended to be used for depression screening by psychiatrists but could be used by anyone who is fluent in Sinhalese. All 25 items are summed with equal weight. A cut-off score of 10/25 is advised based on this initial validation.

Children’s Depression Rating Scale (CDRS) – India

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First Name Paul
Last Name Russell
Email Not Available
Affiliation Department of Child Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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Mental health assessment tool that was adapted/developed/validated Children’s Depression Rating Scale (CDRS) – India
Mental health condition assessed Depressive Disorders
Idiom of distress included, if any Not Applicable
Lifestage of interest Childhood or Adolescence
Age range (age – age) 14-17
Country or countries where tool was developed/adapted/validated India
Language(s) of the adapted/developed/validated tool Tamil
Clinical or community sample? Community
Subpopulation in which tool was developed/validated (e.g., tool was developed and tested among middle-class women)? Schoolchildren at private and public schools that represented high, middle, and low SES groups. All students were in grade 11 at the time of the study.
Development procedures validated,culturally-adapted
If validated, what was the gold standard? ICD-10 clinical diagnosis using a modified version of the Kiddie-SADS-Present and Lifetime version (K-SADS-PL)
Description of other development procedures, if applicable —
Cronbach’s alpha 0.76
Sensitivity 0.83
Spec 0.84
Other information about tool (e.g., additional psychometrics [NPV, PPV, Youden’s index, diagnostic odds ratio]) Area under the curve in ROC was determined to be 87%. Inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability were r = 0.73 and r = 0.98, respectively.
Citations of development/adaptation/validation studies and/or previous studies using the tool Russell, P. S., Moses, P., Basker, M., & Russell, S. (2010). Validation of the children′s depression rating scale- revised for adolescents in primary-care pediatric use in India. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, 64(2), 72.
Notes when administering the tool The tool was intended to be used among pediatricians in India but could be administered by anyone who is fluent in Tamil. Items are weighted on various scales and sum scores are calculated at the raw sum of all items. A cut-off point of greater than or equal to 30 is suggested for this population.

Traumatic Stress Symptom Checklist (TSSC) – Turkey

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First Name Metin
Last Name Basoglu
Email Not Available
Affiliation Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, England
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Mental health assessment tool that was adapted/developed/validated Traumatic Stress Symptom Checklist (TSSC) – Turkey
Mental health condition assessed Trauma and Stressor-Related Disorders
Idiom of distress included, if any Not Applicable
Lifestage of interest Adult (General)
Age range (age – age) 16-70
Country or countries where tool was developed/adapted/validated Turkey
Language(s) of the adapted/developed/validated tool Turkish
Clinical or community sample? Community
Subpopulation in which tool was developed/validated (e.g., tool was developed and tested among middle-class women)? Earthquake survivors recruited from survivor camps and suburbs and towns near the epicenter in Golcuk.
Development procedures culturally-adapted,validated
If validated, what was the gold standard? Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale
Description of other development procedures, if applicable —
Cronbach’s alpha 0.94
Sensitivity 0.83
Spec 0.73
Other information about tool (e.g., additional psychometrics [NPV, PPV, Youden’s index, diagnostic odds ratio]) For the diagnosis of MDE (major depressive disorder), the optimal cutoff point was 38 in the total scores of the 23 TSSC items.
For the diagnosis of PTSD, the optimal cutoff point was 25 in the total scores of the 17 PTSD items (sensitivity and specificity of .81).More information at http://dabatem.org/.
Citations of development/adaptation/validation studies and/or previous studies using the tool Bqoglu, M., Salcioglu, E., Livanou, M., Ozeren, M., Aker, T., Kill, C., et al. (2001). A study of the validity of a screening instrument for traumatic stress in earthquake survivors in Turkey. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 14, 491-509

Bqoglu, M., Salcioglu, E., & Livanou, M. (2002). Traumatic stress responses in earthquake survivors in Turkey. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 15, 269-216.
Notes when administering the tool This tool is intended to be used with Turkish populations who have experienced trauma. Anyone who speaks and writes in Turkish is able to administer the tool. A score of 25 or more on the first suggests PTSD. A score of 38 or more suggests depression co-morbid to PTSD.

Mexican Health and Age Study (MHAS) Geriatric Depression Screener

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First Name Sara
Last Name Gloria Aguilar-Navarro
Email Not Available
Affiliation Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
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Mental health assessment tool that was adapted/developed/validated Mexican Health and Age Study (MHAS) Geriatric Depression Screener
Mental health condition assessed Depressive Disorders
Idiom of distress included, if any Not Applicable
Lifestage of interest Elderly
Age range (age – age) 65 +
Country or countries where tool was developed/adapted/validated Mexico
Language(s) of the adapted/developed/validated tool Spanish
Clinical or community sample? Community
Subpopulation in which tool was developed/validated (e.g., tool was developed and tested among middle-class women)? Individuals older than 65 without evidence of cognitive deficits.
Development procedures locally-developed,validated
If validated, what was the gold standard? DSM-IV-TR and Yesavage’s 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15)
Description of other development procedures, if applicable —
Cronbach’s alpha 0.74
Sensitivity 0.687
Spec 0.807
Other information about tool (e.g., additional psychometrics [NPV, PPV, Youden’s index, diagnostic odds ratio]) Intra-class correlation coefficient = 0.933.
Citations of development/adaptation/validation studies and/or previous studies using the tool Aguilar-Navarro, S. G., Fuentes-Cantú, A., Ávila-Funes, J. A., & García-Mayo, E. J. (2007). Validez y confiabilidad del cuestionario del ENASEM para la depresión en adultos mayores. Salud Pública De México, 49(4), 256–262.
Notes when administering the tool The tool was developed as part of a national survey of health and aging. The tool may be administered by trained researchers or clinicians that can read and write Spanish. The tool is scored using equal weights for each question that is answered with an affirmative or positive yes/no response (indicated in bold on the tool form).