TY - JOUR
KW - Diagnostic accuracy
KW - India
KW - primary-care
KW - questionnaire
KW - validation
AU - M. Nair
AU - D. Chacko
AU - V. Rajaraman
AU - B. George
AU - L. Samraj
AU - P. S. Russell
A1 - 
AB - BACKGROUND: To validate a brief, self-reported, Teen Symptom Questionnaire-Mental Health (TSQ-M), for identifying adolescents with mental ill-health, designed for conducting epidemiological studies and clinical work in primary-care settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this prospective, cross-sectional study of 146 adolescents, re-cruited six rural and urban schools, the newly developed TSQ-M as the measure for validation and General Health Questionnaire-12 item (GHQ-12) as the gold standard measure were administered by independent trained raters. Tests for diagnostic accuracy and validity were conducted. RESULTS: A TSQ-M score of >/=29 (Sn=75.68%, Sp=68.06, +LR=2.37, -LR=0.36, PPV=70.9, NPV=73.1) with the AUC of 0.79, is suggested for screening use in Indian populations. Besides the adequate face and content validity, TSQ-M has moderate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .64) suggesting that the construct of mental ill-health as conceptualized by TSQ-M has multiple sub-constructs. The presence of sub-constructs was demonstrated by an 8- factor structure, which explained 60% of variance. CONCLUSION: The TSQ-M is a psychometrically adequate, yet a brief measure, for clinical and research work in identifying mental ill-health among adolescents in primary-care settings in India.
BT - Indian journal of psychological medicine
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 2
CY - India
DO - 10.4103/0253-7176.130991
IS - 2
JF - Indian journal of psychological medicine
N2 - BACKGROUND: To validate a brief, self-reported, Teen Symptom Questionnaire-Mental Health (TSQ-M), for identifying adolescents with mental ill-health, designed for conducting epidemiological studies and clinical work in primary-care settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this prospective, cross-sectional study of 146 adolescents, re-cruited six rural and urban schools, the newly developed TSQ-M as the measure for validation and General Health Questionnaire-12 item (GHQ-12) as the gold standard measure were administered by independent trained raters. Tests for diagnostic accuracy and validity were conducted. RESULTS: A TSQ-M score of >/=29 (Sn=75.68%, Sp=68.06, +LR=2.37, -LR=0.36, PPV=70.9, NPV=73.1) with the AUC of 0.79, is suggested for screening use in Indian populations. Besides the adequate face and content validity, TSQ-M has moderate internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = .64) suggesting that the construct of mental ill-health as conceptualized by TSQ-M has multiple sub-constructs. The presence of sub-constructs was demonstrated by an 8- factor structure, which explained 60% of variance. CONCLUSION: The TSQ-M is a psychometrically adequate, yet a brief measure, for clinical and research work in identifying mental ill-health among adolescents in primary-care settings in India.
PP - India
PY - 2014
SN - 0253-7176; 0253-7176
SP - 187
EP - 191
EP - 
T1 - The diagnostic accuracy and validity of the teen screen questionnaire-mental health for clinical and epidemiological studies in primary-care settings
T2 - Indian journal of psychological medicine
TI - The diagnostic accuracy and validity of the teen screen questionnaire-mental health for clinical and epidemiological studies in primary-care settings
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 24860223
U3 - 10.4103/0253-7176.130991
VL - 36
VO - 0253-7176; 0253-7176
Y1 - 2014
ER -