Development and validation of brief scales to measure emotional and behavioural problems among Chinese adolescents

Shen, Min; Hu, Ming; Sun, Zhaoqing

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012961

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“…Depressive symptoms were evaluated using a Chinese depression scale adapted from the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale 23 . The Chinese depression scale used in our study was validated previously 24 , 25 . The cerebrospinal fluid pressure was estimated as already described 26 .…”

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Cognitive Function and Ophthalmological Diseases: The Beijing Eye Study

Jonas

Wei

Zhu

et al. 2018

Sci Rep

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To examine associations between cognitive function and ophthalmological parameters, the population-based Beijing Eye Study examined ophthalmologically and physically 3127 individuals (mean age: 64.2 ± 9.8 years). Using the mini–mental state examination, cognitive function was assessed as cognitive function score (CFS). Mean CFS was 26.3 ± 3.7 (median: 27; range: 2–30). Prevalence of mild (CFS: 23–19), moderate (CFS: 18–10) and severe cognitive dysfunction was 9.6% (95% confidence interval (CI): 8.5, 10.6), 3.2% (95% CI: 2.6, 3.9) and 0.6% (95% CI: 0.4,0.9), respectively. In multivariate analysis, better cognition (i.e., higher CFS) was significantly associated with better best corrected visual acuity (r2 = 0.38), smaller amount of undercorrected visual acuity, lower prevalence of primary angle-closure glaucoma, and thicker subfoveal choroidal thickness. Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration, open-angle glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, any type of cataract, retinal vein occlusions or pseudoexfoliation was not significantly correlated with CFS. Though the causal relationship is unclear, the associations of lower cognitive function with undercorrected visual acuity suggest the need for earlier and more regular refraction testing in the elderly so that providing adequate glasses to the elderly can be provided and vision-associated cognitive decline can be reduced. Associations of cognitive function with primary angle-closure glaucoma and leptochoroid should be further explored.

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confidence: 99%

Cognitive Function and Ophthalmological Diseases: The Beijing Eye Study

Jonas

Wei

Zhu

et al. 2018

Sci Rep

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“…Items with discrimination parameters <0.5 were deleted as poor items. 31) Content Validity. Five stroke rehabilitation experts with a mean experience of 10.4 ± 6.1 years reviewed the items for content validity.…”

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Development of a New Daily Activities Scale for the Affected Hand after Stroke

Matsuoka

Watanabe

Kawaguchi

et al. 2020

PRM

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Objectives: There are few scales that reflect the function of the stroke-affected arm as it relates to the performance of daily activities while also indicating the difficulty of scale items. In this study, we developed the Activities Specific Upper-extremity Hemiparesis Scale (ASUHS) to evaluate daily activities performable by the affected arm after stroke. We also clarified the validity, reliability, and item difficulty of the scale. Methods: The participants were 145 patients with stroke who were consecutively admitted to a convalescent rehabilitation ward. The unidimensionality of ASUHS was assessed by principal component analysis. Analyses of item discrimination and content validity were conducted to assess the overall validity. Reliability was evaluated by assessing internal consistency and inter-rater reliability. Item difficulties were determined by Rasch analysis. Results: Unidimensionality, high discrimination, and good content validity were shown for all items. ASUHS consists of a dominant hand scale and non-dominant hand scale. Both scales showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s α coefficient = 0.99) and substantial inter-rater reliability (Cohen’s Kappa coefficient = 0.74 and 0.75, respectively). Item difficulty was determined as being in the range –8.71 to +5.18 logit. Conclusions: This study suggested good validity and reliability of ASUHS. Furthermore, because the item difficulties of daily activities performed by the affected arm were clarified, therapists can use ASUHS to identify the process that should be the next focus for training. Consequently, therapists may be able to train patients in daily activities that match the affected arm’s ability step by step rather than determining training activities empirically.

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“…Anxiety and depression scores for each participant were obtained using the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS). Validation studies have demonstrated good acceptability, internal consistency and validity in the general population ( Shen et al. , 2017 ).…”

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Left superior temporal sulcus morphometry mediates the impact of anxiety and depressive symptoms on sleep quality in healthy adults

Wang

Jiang

Tang

et al. 2021

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

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Anxiety and depressive symptoms may predispose individuals to sleep disturbance. Understanding how these emotional symptoms affect sleep quality, especially the underlying neural basis, could support the development of effective treatment. The aims of the present study were therefore to investigate potential changes in brain morphometry associated with poor sleep quality and whether this structure played a mediating role between the emotional symptoms and sleep quality. 141 healthy adults (69 women, mean age 26.06 years, SD = 6.36 years) were recruited. A structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) investigation was performed and self-reported measures of anxiety, depressive symptoms and sleep quality obtained for each participant. Whole-brain regression analysis revealed that worse sleep quality was associated with thinner cortex in left Superior Temporal Sulcus (STS). Furthermore, the thickness of left STS mediated the association between the emotional symptoms and sleep quality. A subsequent commonality analysis showed that physiological component of the depressive symptoms had the greatest influence on sleep quality. In conclusion, thinner cortex in left STS may represent a neural substrate for the association between anxiety and depressive symptoms and poor sleep quality and may thus serve as a potential target for neuromodulatory treatment of sleep problems.

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Development and validation of brief scales to measure emotional and behavioural problems among Chinese adolescents

Cited by 12 publications

References 49 publications

Cognitive Function and Ophthalmological Diseases: The Beijing Eye Study

Cognitive Function and Ophthalmological Diseases: The Beijing Eye Study

Development of a New Daily Activities Scale for the Affected Hand after Stroke

Left superior temporal sulcus morphometry mediates the impact of anxiety and depressive symptoms on sleep quality in healthy adults

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