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Detecting Depressive Disorder With the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 in Tanzania

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  • Bandy Lee

    (Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, blee@aya.yale.edu)

  • Sylvia F. Kaaya

    (Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Tanzania)

  • Jessie K. Mbwambo

    (Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, Tanzania)

  • Mary C. Smith-Fawzi

    (Harvard University Medical School, USA)

  • Melkizedek T. Leshabari

    (Muhimbili University Institute of Public Health, Tanzania)

Abstract

Background: Assessment of the growing prevalence of depression in developing countries is hampered by a lack of valid diagnostic instruments for the local settings. Aim and method: This study attempted to examine the validity of the 25-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25) in a special primary care population in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Results: 787 antenatal participants were recruited, and their responses revealed good internal consistency, interrater reliability, and test-retest reliability, and the scale was validated using content, construct, and discriminant validation methods. Factor analysis of the depression subscale, however, confirmed the need for a locally developed scale. Conclusions: Integrating universalist and relativist approaches, through the validation and modification of scales, may help in the detection of depression in cross-cultural settings.

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  • Bandy Lee & Sylvia F. Kaaya & Jessie K. Mbwambo & Mary C. Smith-Fawzi & Melkizedek T. Leshabari, 2008. "Detecting Depressive Disorder With the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 in Tanzania," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 54(1), pages 7-20, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:54:y:2008:i:1:p:7-20
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764006074995
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    1. Hill, L.M. & Moody, J. & Gottfredson, N.C. & Kajula, L.J. & Pence, B.W. & Go, V.F. & Maman, S., 2018. "Peer norms moderate the association between mental health and sexual risk behaviors among young men living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 196(C), pages 77-85.
    2. María Rodríguez-Barragán & María Isabel Fernández-San-Martín & Ana Clavería-Fontán & Susana Aldecoa-Landesa & Marc Casajuana-Closas & Joan Llobera & Bárbara Oliván-Blázquez & Eva Peguero-Rodríguez, 2021. "Validation and Psychometric Properties of the Spanish Version of the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 Scale for Depression Detection in Primary Care," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-15, July.
    3. Faith Martin & Steve Russell & Janet Seeley, 2014. "Higher Quality of Life and Lower Depression for People on ART in Uganda as Compared to a Community Control Group," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(8), pages 1-8, August.

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