Introduction The Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6) is a psychometrically robust measure of psychological distress for adult populations, the most commonly used screening in general population. It epidemiological surveys globally, including World Health Organization and Mental Survey. Recently, there has been research interest examining psychometric properties K6 college students’ popula...

The Kessler Psychological Distress scale (K10) is an instrument that is widely used to screen for mental disorders, but information is lacking on its psychometric qualities in non-Western samples. This study used a population-based sample (N = 725) to assess the reliability and validity of the K10 across ethnic groups in an urban area. The results were generally supportive of the K10 as a relia...

OBJECTIVES Lung recipients undergo a complex psychological process, including organ integration and processing of attitudes towards the organ donor. DESIGN Seventy-six lung recipients were asked to participate in a cross-sectional questionnaire study on the psychological processing of lung transplants. METHODS The questionnaire consisted of statements describing aspects of organ integration...

Physical activity is an important factor in healthy aging and has been shown to reduce depressive symptoms. This association, however, is relatively understudied in older men. This study was a cross-sectional analysis of the association between physical activity (Active Australia Survey) and psychological distress (Kessler-10). Participants were a sample of 17,689 men age ≥ 65 yr drawn from a l...

OBJECTIVES The 2004 Niigata-Chuetsu earthquake of Japan caused a great deal of damage, and people living in the affected region are still struggling to reconstruct their lives. The aim of this study was to determine factors associated with psychological distress in people living in a town at the epicenter 3 years after the earthquake. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional study from June 200...

Mental health and sleep are intricately linked. This study characterized associations of psychological distress with short (≤6 hours) and long (≥9 hours) sleep duration among adults aged ≥18 years. 2013 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data (n = 36,859) from Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada, Tennessee, and Washington included the Kessler 6 (K6) scale, which has been psychometrically valida...

ABSTRACT Objective: to verify the validity and reliability of Psychological Distress Scale for screening mental distress. Methods: a cross-sectional study with 75 elderly people. scale Self Reporting Questionnaire were used. Criterion was verified using Spearman’s correlation diagnostic accuracy measures. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient used investigate reliability. Results: total internal consist...

Bullying and psychological distress among adolescents are considered serious social public health concerns. Several research works concerning as a result of bullying experiences have been conducted but not many studies explore the differences in LGBT their heterosexual counterparts. Therefore, purpose this study was to examine comparative analyses traditional bullying, cyberbullying, South Afri...

Cancer diagnosis influences both patients and their closest relatives. This cross-sectional study examined psychological distress among individuals whose partners had cancer in a population-based sample. Participants in the survey were citizens residing in Ohsaki City, Miyagi, Japan. Spouse pairs were identified by information of participants' relationship to the householder and address provide...