Validity and reliability of the Sinhalese version of the perceived stress scale questionnaire among Sri Lankans.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite the availability of validated psychometrics tools to assess depression, there has not been any validated and reliable tool established to test perceived stress among Sri Lankans. The objective of this study is to test the validity and reliability of the Sinhalese Version of the Sheldon Cohen Perceived Stress Scale.

Materials and methods

Standard and systematic procedures were adopted to translate the original English version of the Perceived Stress Scale-10 questionnaire into Sinhalese. Consecutive sampling was employed to recruit the Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) sample (n = 321), and a convenient sampling was used to recruit the Age and Sex matched Healthy Controls (ASMHC) (n = 101) and the Healthy Community Controls (HCC) groups (n<

SUBMITTER: Mendis BILM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10313401 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature