Assessing mental well-being in a Sinhala speaking Sri Lankan population: validation of the WHO-5 well-being index.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The WHO-5 well-being index is a widely used, short rating scale that measures subjective well-being. We translated the WHO-5 index into Sinhala and tested its psychometric properties including measurement invariance among diverse groups in a community sample in Sri Lanka.

Methods

The sample of 267 persons aged between 16 and 75 years was recruited from a semi-urban area. 219 completed a paper-based questionnaire and 48 responded to an online survey. Construct validity was tested for factorial validity (Confirmatory Factor Analysis -CFA), convergent validity and known group validity. Composite reliability for congeneric measures and test-retest reliability were also tested. Multi-group CFA (MG-CFA) was used to test measurement invariance.

Results

The translated

SUBMITTER: Perera BPR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7488505 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature