biostudies-literatureKipkemoi PFIC NIH HHSNIMH NIH HHSBroad Institute Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research152526https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12355974biostudies-literatureUnknown135<h4>Background</h4>The University of California, San Diego Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent (UBACC) is a tool to assess the capacity of participants to consent in psychiatric research. However, little is known about the psychometric properties in low and middle-income countries. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the UBACC.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined the reliability, latent factor structure, and item response of the first attempt of the UBACC items in a sample of 32,208 adults (16,467 individuals with psychosis and 15,741 controls) in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda; exploring these properties in the full sample and stratified by country, diagnostic status, sex, and ethnolinguistic language groups.<h4>Results</h4>Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) suComprehensive psychiatryEvaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa.PMC12355974K01 TW012180U01 MH125045R01 MH120642U01 MH125047Stroud REMufford MSGelaye BKorte KJKyebuzibwa JKipkemoi PAtwoli LMwema RMAlemayehu MZingela ZKwobah EStevenson AChibnik LBKariuki SMStein DJGichuru SKoenen KCPretorius AAkena DNewton CRJCPost KTeferra SfalseEvaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa.<h4>Background</h4>The University of California, San Diego Brief Assessment of Capacity to Consent (UBACC) is a tool to assess the capacity of participants to consent in psychiatric research. However, little is known about the psychometric properties in low and middle-income countries. This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the UBACC.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined the reliability, latent factor structure, and item response of the first attempt of the UBACC items in a sample of 32,208 adults (16,467 individuals with psychosis and 15,741 controls) in Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda; exploring these properties in the full sample and stratified by country, diagnostic status, sex, and ethnolinguistic language groups.<h4>Results</h4>Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) su2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Nov2026-04-30T19:38:31.721Z2026-04-07T16:18:55.637ZS-EPMC123559743920855810.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152526