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Measuring psychological distress using the K10 in Kenya

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Background The Kessler psychological distress scale (K10) is a brief screening tool that assesses psychological distress in both clinical and epidemiological settings. Despite wide applicability of the K10 globally, there are no data on psychometric properties of the K10 in Kenya. This study investigated the reliability, factor structure, and construct validity of the K10 as a measure of psychological distress among adults in Kenya. Methods A total of 2556 adults attending 11 outpatient clin...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.012

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0000-0003-2330-6144
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0000-0002-9640-7299
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Psychiatry
Oxford college:
St John's College
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-6999-5507
Publisher:
Elsevier Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Affective Disorders Journal website
Volume:
303
Pages:
155-160
Publication date:
2022-02-11
Acceptance date:
2022-02-09
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ISSN:
0165-0327
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1240037
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pubs:1240037
Deposit date:
2022-02-17

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