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The validity and reliability of the World Health Organization Mental Disorders Checklist for use in a telehealth clinic in Hong Kong
Author(s) -
Leung Sau Fong,
Chui Caroline,
Arthur David,
French Peter,
Lai Alice,
Lee Wai Man,
Wong Daniel
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.911
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1447-0349
pISSN - 1445-8330
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0979.2005.00368.x
Subject(s) - checklist , cronbach's alpha , inter rater reliability , telehealth , concordance , mental health , clinical psychology , psychology , reliability (semiconductor) , anxiety , psychiatry , test (biology) , medicine , psychometrics , health care , telemedicine , rating scale , developmental psychology , power (physics) , physics , paleontology , quantum mechanics , economics , cognitive psychology , biology , economic growth
This research aimed to test the validity and reliability of the ‘World Health Organization Mental Disorders Checklist’ for use in a telehealth clinic in Hong Kong. The Checklist adopted four subscales: (i) depression; (ii) anxiety; (iii) alcohol use disorders; and (vi) functioning and disablement, and was translated from English into Chinese. It was validated by a panel of five experts to confirm its content validity (content validity index = 0.98) and cultural appropriateness in Hong Kong. The reliability of the checklist was supported by the findings of a test–retest procedure (Pearson correlation = 0.66–0.88, P < 0.01), internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.54–0.83), and interrater reliability (Kendall's coefficient of concordance = 0.58–1.00, P < 0.01) involving a sample of 197 subjects from one telehealth clinic in Hong Kong.