Portuguese version of a stress and well-being evaluation tool (ASSET)at the workplace: validation of the psychometric properties

Abstract

ObjectiveThe main objective of this work was to translate the English version of ASSET (A Shortened Stress Evaluation Tool) into the Portuguese version and to validate its psychometric properties. Additionally, this work tested the convergent validity of the instrument.MethodsThe translation and retroversion were conducted by experts and submitted to the authors for approval. Within an observational, cross-sectional study, regarding mental health at the workplace, ASSET together with other scales was applied to a sample of 405 participants. The psychometric validity of the subscales was studied using confirmatory factorial analysis.ResultsThe factorial structure of ASSET is globally supported by the results, with the Perceptions of Your Job and Attitudes Towards your Organisation subscales requiring slight adjustments in the item structure and the Your Health subscales replicating the original structure. The convergent validity also supports the ASSET, showing that all subscales are significantly correlated with variables used to test convergence.ConclusionsGlobally, the results constitute an important contribution to ASSET and open the possibility of its usage among Portuguese-speaking countries. The results provide an evidence on the validity of the instrument and, in particular, of the mental and physical health subscales.

Validation of the Collaborative Outcomes study on Health and Functioning during Infection Times (COH-FIT) questionnaire for adults

“…We selected the WHO-5 as the validated questionnaire to test concurrent validity of the COH-FIT stress domain score, given the large overlap between the two concepts (i.e. stress as opposite of well-being) ( Heitor Dos Santos et al, 2018 ), and in light of the strong association between the WHO-5 and several stress signs and symptoms ( Feicht et al, 2013 ). Only COH-FIT domains with moderate correlations ≥0.50 with their respective validated full-length questionnaires were considered as acceptable to be included as a component in the composite P-score.…”