Validation of the Beirut Distress Scale (BDS‐10), a short version of BDS‐22, to assess psychological distress among the Lebanese population

Purpose To develop and validate a short version of the Beirut Distress Scale (BDS‐22), the BDS‐10, in the Lebanese population, and evaluate the association between psychological distress and other mental disorders. Methods A total of 2260 participants was enrolled in this cross‐sectional study (Janu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Perspectives in psychiatric care 2022-01, Vol.58 (1), p.304-313
Hauptverfasser:	Malaeb, Diana, Farchakh, Youssef, Haddad, Chadia, Sacre, Hala, Obeid, Sahar, Hallit, Souheil, Salameh, Pascale
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anxiety Anxiety Disorders confirmatory factor analysis Cross-Sectional Studies distress exploratory factor analysis Humans Lebanon Mental disorders Mental health Psychiatric-mental health nursing Psychological Distress Psychometrics Public health Quantitative psychology Questionnaires reliability Reproducibility of Results screening tool Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Stress Stress, Psychological - diagnosis Stress, Psychological - epidemiology Surveys and Questionnaires validity
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Zusammenfassung:	Purpose To develop and validate a short version of the Beirut Distress Scale (BDS‐22), the BDS‐10, in the Lebanese population, and evaluate the association between psychological distress and other mental disorders. Methods A total of 2260 participants was enrolled in this cross‐sectional study (January–July 2019). Results Items converged over a solution of two factors (Factor 1 = Mood, affect and cognitive symptoms; Factor 2 = Physical symptoms; total variance explained = 64.51%). A significantly high correlation was found between BDS‐10 and BDS‐22 (r = 0.963, p
ISSN:	0031-5990 1744-6163
DOI:	10.1111/ppc.12787