Measuring psychological distress in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Australians: A comparison of the K-10 and K-5

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 567-573

  McNamara, Bridgette J ^a   Banks, Emily ^b,c   Gubhaju, Lina ^a   Williamson, Anna ^b   Joshy, Grace ^c   Raphael, Beverley ^d   Eades, Sandra J ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b SAX INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australians; cross cultural validity; Kesser scales; psychological distress; psychometric

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84913610332     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: 17536405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12271     Document Type: Article

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