TY - JOUR
T1 - Developing a depression inventory for screening the fars ethnicity in Iran
AU - Eftekhari, Monir Baradaran
AU - Dejman, Masoumeh
AU - Forouzan, Ameneh Setareh
AU - Falahat, Katayoun
AU - Shati, Mohsen
AU - Mirabzadeh, Arash
AU - Bass, Judy
AU - Mahmoodi, Zohreh
N1 - Funding Information:
The research project was approved with two codes of ethics -IR.USWR.REC.1395.104 from the University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, and Abzums.Rec.1394.48 from Alborz University of Medical Sciences.
Funding Information:
1Undersecretary for Research and Technology, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran 2Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, United State 3Social Determinants of Health Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4Department of Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran 5Social Determinants of Health Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran 6Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United State 7Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran *Corresponding author: PhD, Associate Professor, Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran. Tel: +98-9125474495, Fax: +98-262563341, Email: zohrehmahmoodi2011@gmail.com
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© 2019, Author(s).
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Background: Depression is a major public health concern that accounts for a high global disease burden. Objectives: The aim of this study, developing a depression inventory for screening the Fars ethnicity in Iran. Methods: The research was carried out using a combined (multi-stage) method in the Persian ethnicity between April 2016 and March 2017. Individual interviews were conducted in Tehran, Iran, with depressed patients, the patients' relatives or friends and key informants. In the next stage, a 28-item tool was designed. The face, content, criterion and construct validity (confirmatory factor analysis) of the designed tool were assessed in order to determine its validity. Data were analyzed by Amos 24 and spss16. Results: This study was conducted on 150 individuals, 55% female and 45% male, selected from the general public through convenience sampling with a mean age of 35.28±12. 38. The impact score for all the items was between 1.8 and 5, CVR was between 0.7 and 1 for all the items and S-CVI/Ave was 97.09±0.63. Based on the results of the confirmatory factor analysis, all the components were approved as factors used to screen for depression. The model fit coefficients, the CMIN/DF was calculated as 1.93. NFI, CFI and GFI were 0.70, 0.54 and 0.73 respectively. For reliability, Cronbach's alpha was calculated as 0.88 with an internal consistency coefficient that is 0.7. Conclusions: This depression screening tool for the Fars ethnicity was designed based on the Fars ethnicity and the Iranian culture and appears to be an appropriate tool due to its good reliability, validity, simplicity and applicability in different situations.
AB - Background: Depression is a major public health concern that accounts for a high global disease burden. Objectives: The aim of this study, developing a depression inventory for screening the Fars ethnicity in Iran. Methods: The research was carried out using a combined (multi-stage) method in the Persian ethnicity between April 2016 and March 2017. Individual interviews were conducted in Tehran, Iran, with depressed patients, the patients' relatives or friends and key informants. In the next stage, a 28-item tool was designed. The face, content, criterion and construct validity (confirmatory factor analysis) of the designed tool were assessed in order to determine its validity. Data were analyzed by Amos 24 and spss16. Results: This study was conducted on 150 individuals, 55% female and 45% male, selected from the general public through convenience sampling with a mean age of 35.28±12. 38. The impact score for all the items was between 1.8 and 5, CVR was between 0.7 and 1 for all the items and S-CVI/Ave was 97.09±0.63. Based on the results of the confirmatory factor analysis, all the components were approved as factors used to screen for depression. The model fit coefficients, the CMIN/DF was calculated as 1.93. NFI, CFI and GFI were 0.70, 0.54 and 0.73 respectively. For reliability, Cronbach's alpha was calculated as 0.88 with an internal consistency coefficient that is 0.7. Conclusions: This depression screening tool for the Fars ethnicity was designed based on the Fars ethnicity and the Iranian culture and appears to be an appropriate tool due to its good reliability, validity, simplicity and applicability in different situations.
KW - Depression
KW - Ethnicity
KW - Inventory
KW - Iran
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U2 - 10.5812/ijpbs.82646
DO - 10.5812/ijpbs.82646
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077184216
SN - 1735-8639
VL - 13
JO - Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
JF - Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
IS - 3
M1 - e82646
ER -