Psychometric properties and longitudinal validation of the self-reporting questionnaire (SRQ-20) in a Rwandan community setting: a validation study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Scholte, Willem F ^a,b   Verduin, Femke ^a,b   Van Lammeren, Anouk ^a,b   Rutayisire, Theoneste ^c   Kamperman, Astrid M ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Equator Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c Episcopal Church of Rwanda   (Rwanda)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RWANDA; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; ROC CURVE; RWANDA; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051613292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-116     Document Type: Article

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