Journal article
Getting it Right: validating a culturally specific screening tool for depression (aPHQ-9) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
ML Hackett, A Teixeira-Pinto, S Farnbach, N Glozier, T Skinner, DA Askew, G Gee, A Cass, A Brown
Medical Journal of Australia | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.5694/mja2.50212
Abstract
Objectives: To determine the validity, sensitivity, specificity and acceptability of the culturally adapted nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire (aPHQ-9) as a screening tool for depression in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Design: Prospective observational validation study, 25 March 2015 – 2 November 2016. Setting, participants: 500 adults (18 years or older) who identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people and attended one of ten primary health care services or service events in urban, rural and remote Australia that predominantly serve Indigenous Australians, and were able to communicate sufficiently to respond to questionnaire and interview questions. Main ou..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This investigation was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (APP101767). During the completion of this work, Maree Hackett was supported by a National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellowship (100034) and an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship Level 2 (APP1141328); Armando Teixeira-Pinto was partially supported by the NHMRC Program Grant BeatCKD (APP1092957); Sara Farnbach received a University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine Cross Cultural Public Health Research Award and a George Institute for Global Health John Chalmers Program Grant Scholarship; Alex Brown received a Sylvia and Charles Viertel Charitable Foundation Senior Medical Research Fellowship. The organisations that supported this work (through peer-reviewed educational research grants) had no role in study conception, data collection, analysis and interpretation, or writing of the manuscript. All authors have full access to the data and the final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication. The study management committee and the site staff are listed in the online Supporting Information.