Journal article
Measuring psychological distress in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Australians: A comparison of the K-10 and K-5
BJ McNamara, E Banks, L Gubhaju, A Williamson, G Joshy, B Raphael, SJ Eades
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health | WILEY | Published : 2014
Abstract
Objectives: To assess the cross-cultural validity of two Kessler psychological distress scales (K-10 and K-5) by examining their measurement properties among older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and comparing them to those in non-Aboriginal individuals from NSW Australia. Methods: Self-reported questionnaire data from the 45 and Up Study for 1,631 Aboriginal and 231,774 non-Aboriginal people were used to examine the factor structure, convergent validity, internal consistency and levels of missing data of K-10 and K-5. Results: We found excellent agreement in classification of distress of Aboriginal participants by K-10 and K-5 (weighted kappa=0.87), high internal consistency (Cronbac..
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Funding Acknowledgements
[ "We acknowledge the support of the NSW Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AHMRC) and the AHMRC ethics committee, and advice provided by Professor Cate D'Este regarding the multi-group confirmatory factor analysis.", "Bridgette McNamara is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship. Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute is supported in part the Victorian Government OIS Program. Sandra Eades and Emily Banks are supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Anna Williamson is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Training Fellowship." ]