Reported severity of psychotic, depressive and anxiety symptoms in relation to bilingual language profile: An exploratory study and the validation of Basque versions of the PQ-B, DASS-42, PHQ-9 and GAD-7.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Language plays a crucial role in health care and especially in mental health, since the use of the native language helps to make a good diagnosis as several studies have shown.

Aim

We studied the influence of language on the accurate detection of psychotic and affective symptoms, exploring differences in the severity of reported symptomatology in a bilingual Basque-Spanish population.

Methods

The study uses the Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief for the detection of psychosis and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7, and Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-42 for the assessment of stress, anxiety and depression. Basque versions of the scales were developed and their psychometric properties were evaluated in a sample of 623 in

SUBMITTER: Erkoreka L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11875380 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature