Validated Screening Tools for Common Mental Disorders in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A wide range of screening tools are available to detect common mental disorders (CMDs), but few have been specifically developed for populations in low and middle income countries (LMIC). Cross-cultural application of a screening tool requires that its validity be assessed against a gold standard diagnostic interview. Validation studies of brief CMD screening tools have been conducted in several LMIC, but until now there has been no review of screening tools for all CMDs across all LMIC populations.

Methods

A systematic review with broad inclusion criteria was conducted, producing a comprehensive summary of brief CMD screening tools validated for use in LMIC populations. For each validation, the diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) was calculated as an easily comparable me

SUBMITTER: Ali GC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4911088 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature