Validity of the 36-item Persian (Farsi) version of the world health organization disability assessment schedule (WHODAS) 2.0

Rajeziesfahani, Sepideh; Federici, Stefano; Bacci, Silvia; Meloni, Fabio; Bartolucci, Francesco; Zahiroddin, Alireza; Shams, Jamal; Noorbakhsh, Simasadat

doi:10.1080/00207411.2019.1568172

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“…This study worked on the translation of the brief WHODAS, although, it was translated and validated in different languages even in Persian [ 20 , 22 ]. However, the Persian version was applied neither specifically through phone survey nor in RTIs patients.…”

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“…The psychometric properties of a questionnaire could be affected through the method of data collection such as phone surveys comparing with in-person/self-administered interviews. The available Persian translation was used in interview surveys [ 20 , 22 ], not phone surveys. Moreover, in data collection by a questionnaire, there may be misunderstanding of questions and recall bias because of language/cultural barriers.…”

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Psychometric properties of the 12-item WHODAS applied through phone survey: an experience in PERSIAN Traffic Cohort

Shahedifar

Sadeghi‐Bazargani

Asghari‐Jafarabadi

et al. 2022

Health Qual Life Outcomes

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Background Due to limited capability to function in post-injury daily life injury, survivors need to be reliably assessed without need to commute more than necessary. The key action is to determine the level of functioning difficulties. Having the opportunity of conducting a national post-crash traffic safety and health cohort study, we aimed to translate into Persian and assess the psychometric properties of the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) through phone surveys six month post injury. Methods First, having World Health Organization permission, we tested the translation validity by forward translation, expert panel evaluation, back-translation, pre-testing and cognitive interviewing, and finalizing the Persian WHODAS. Then, through a psychometric study within a national cohort platform, the validity, reliability and applicability of the 12-item WHODAS was assessed through phone surveys. We included data of 255 road traffic injury patients enrolled from the cohort at six-month follow-up. The psychometric assessment (internal consistency reliability and stability reliability) was conducted on test–retest data of 50 patients with an average 7-day time span. An exploratory factor analysis tested the construct validity using extraction method of principal component factor and oblique rotation on data from 255 patients. Regarding the multiple criteria including an eigenvalue > 0.9, Cattell’s scree test, cumulative variance, and the theoretical basis, the minimum number of factors were retained. Data were analyzed using STATA statistical software package. Results The respondents were mostly male (81%), employed (71%), educated (87%), and with a mean age of 37.7(14.9). The Persian version had high internal consistency reliability (Cronbach’s α = 0.93) and excellent stability reliability (ICC = 0.97, 95% CI: 0.92–0.98). An exploratory factor analysis retained four factors defining 86% of all the variance. Factors of Self-care, Mobility, and Cognition were completely retained. Conclusions The brief Pesrian WHODAS 2.0 was highly reliable and valid to be applied through phone interviews post injury.

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Psychometric properties of the 12-item WHODAS applied through phone survey: an experience in PERSIAN Traffic Cohort

Shahedifar

Sadeghi‐Bazargani

Asghari‐Jafarabadi

et al. 2022

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“…Psychosocial functioning was assessed within 1 month after admission using the DSM-IV Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale and the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS2.0; Rajeziesfahani et al, 2019; Ustun et al, 2010). GAF is a clinician-rated assessment of social, occupational and psychological functioning, with scores ranging from 0 to 100.…”

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Self-stigma, religiosity, and perceived social support in people with recent-onset psychosis in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Associations with symptom severity and psychosocial functioning

Djordjevic,

Farhang,

Shirzadi

et al. 2024

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Aims: Most evidence on psychosocial factors in recent-onset psychosis comes from high-income countries in Europe, Australia, Canada and the USA, while these factors are likely to differ under varying sociocultural and economic circumstances. In this study, we aimed to investigate associations of self-stigma, religiosity and perceived social support with symptom severity and psychosocial functioning in an Iranian cohort of people with recent-onset psychosis (i.e. illness duration of <2 years). Methods: We used baseline data of 361 participants ( N = 286 [74%] male, mean age = 34 years [Standard Deviation = 10.0]) from the Iranian Azeri Recent-onset Acute Phase Psychosis Survey (ARAS). We included assessments of self-stigma (Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness, ISMI), religiosity (based on Stark & Glock), perceived social support (Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, MSPSS), symptom severity (Positive And Negative Syndrome Scale, PANSS) and psychosocial functioning (clinician-rated Global Assessment of Functioning Scale, GAF, and self-reported World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0, WHODAS 2.0). Descriptive analyses were employed to characterize the study sample. Covariate-adjusted ordinal and multivariable linear regression analyses were performed to investigate cross-sectional associations of baseline ISMI, religiosity and MSPSS with concurrent PANSS, GAF and WHODAS 2.0. Results: Higher self-stigma was associated with poorer self-reported functioning ( B = 0.375 [95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.186, 0.564]) and more severe concurrent symptoms ( B = 0.436 [95% CI: 0.275, 0.597]). Being more religious was associated with poorer clinician-rated functioning (OR = 0.967 [95% CI: 0.944, 0.991]), but with less severe symptoms ( B = −0.258 [95% CI: −0.427, −0.088]). Stronger social support was associated with poorer clinician-rated (OR = 0.956 [95% CI: 0.935, 0.978]) and self-reported functioning ( B = 0.337 [95% CI: 0.168, 0.507]). Conclusion: This study shows that self-stigma, religiosity and perceived social support were associated with symptom severity and clinician-rated as well as self-reported psychosocial functioning in an Iranian cohort of people with recent-onset psychosis. The findings extend previous evidence on these psychosocial factors to one of the largest countries in the Middle East, and suggest that it may be worthwhile to develop strategies aimed at tackling stigma around psychosis and integrate the role of religiosity and social support in mental ill-health prevention and therapy.

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“…The Adult Self-Assessment Version of the World Health Organization Disability Table, edition 2, is a 36-item scale that assesses disability in adults 18 years of age and older. This scale has very good reliability and Cronbach's alpha is 0.94 (α = 0.94) (Rajeziesfahani et al, 2019).…”

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Islamic Aspects as A Treatment for Scrupulosity in A Case Study

Dehaghi¹,

Dolatshahi²,

Taremian³

et al. 2022

J Organ Behav Res

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This study examines the compatibility of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with religious aspects of scrupulosity and evaluates it in a case study. A mixed-method was used to comply with the intervention protocol; qualitative and quantitative study. In the qualitative section, religious sources were used to examine verses and hadiths' formal and content validity. Then the verses were extracted, and narrations related to ACT components were given to experts by the Delphi method. In the next step, CVI and CVR of verses and narrations were obtained, after that the adapted model based on Twohig's (2004) protocol in 22 to 25 sessions was used. In this stage, a "case study" from April 2020 to September 2020, as a quasi-experimental pre/post test with the sample at convenience, was considered and implemented on an Iranian patient with scrupulosity. The client received treatment. For evaluation, the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Scale (Y-BOCS), the Beck Depression Inventory-II, the Performance Scale (WHODAS 2.0), the Kugler and Jones Guilt Feeling Inventory, Penn Scrupulosity Questionnaire, and Religious Beliefs Questionnaire was used. We compared the total score of the pre-tests and post-tests. The outputs showed that the severity of the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder has decreased, and the scores of other questionnaires have decreased. Treatment process acceptability was high. The results showed that ACT with the religious aspects has good efficacy.

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Validity of the 36-item Persian (Farsi) version of the world health organization disability assessment schedule (WHODAS) 2.0

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Psychometric properties of the 12-item WHODAS applied through phone survey: an experience in PERSIAN Traffic Cohort

Psychometric properties of the 12-item WHODAS applied through phone survey: an experience in PERSIAN Traffic Cohort

Self-stigma, religiosity, and perceived social support in people with recent-onset psychosis in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Associations with symptom severity and psychosocial functioning

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Islamic Aspects as A Treatment for Scrupulosity in A Case Study

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