Table 6 Adaptations to the MSPSS and outcome measures per study
Language (s) | esponse options | Modification | Mode of administration | Statistical analyses | Secondary outcome measures | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Measure 1 | Measure 2 | Measure 3 | |||||
Arabic | 3 | Special person changed to Husband | Interviewer administered | CFA | Seeking Social Support, Problem Solving, Blaming Self and Avoidance Scales - Revised Ways of Coping Checklist (RWCCL) | Emotional distress- Profile of Mood States (POMS) | Daily Hassles Scale (DHS) |
Arabic | 7 | None | Not stated | EFA | Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Arabic-ERQ) | Satisfaction with Life Scale (Arabic-SWLS) | |
Chichewa (n = 269) & Chiyao (n = 314) | 5 | Questions changed to second person pronouns | self-administered & interviewer administered | 1. EFA 2. CFA | Depression – Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) | Depression – Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) | Depression – Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) |
Creole | 7 | none | Self-administered | Parametric & non-parametric tests | Perceived Adequacy of Resource Scale (PARS) | ||
French | 7 | None | Not stated | CFA | Depression – Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) | ||
Hausa | 7 | Terms changed to culturally acceptable equivalents | Interviewer administered | Qualitative | |||
Hausa | 7 | None | Not stated | CFA | |||
Hausa | 7 | None | Not stated | Regression | Disability- modified Rankin Scale | ||
Simplified Chinese | 4 | Not clearly stated | Self-administered | EFA | Psychological symptomatology – GHQ 30 | Social networks- Lubben Social Network Scale | |
Simplified Chinese | 5 | None | Self-administered | CFA | |||
Korean | 7 | Significant other replaced by “spouse/partner” | Not stated | EFA | Perceived social support- Personal Resource Questionnaire −2 (PRQ) | Self-efficacy- Self -efficacy for Diabetes Scale | Depression- Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CEDS) |
Luganda | 5 | use of facial cues | Interviewer administered | EFA | |||
Malay | 7 | Not clearly stated | Self-administered | EFA | Social support - Medical Outcome Survey (MOS) | Depression- BDI | Mental health- General Health Questionnaire |
Persian | 7 | Not clearly stated | Not stated | EFA | |||
Polish | 7 | None | Self-administered | 1. EFA 2. CFA | Loneliness- The Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults-Short Form (SELSA-S) | The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) | Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) |
Portuguese | 6 | None | Self-administered | CFA | Depression – Beck Depression Inventory | Fertility- Fertility Problem Inventory | |
Simplified Chinese | 7 | None | Self-administered | EFA | Social support - Medical Outcome Survey (MOS) | Depression - BDI | Mental health- General Health Questionnaire |
Spanish | 7 | None | Self-administered | EFA | None | None | none |
Swedish | 7 | None | Self-administered | EFA | |||
Tamil | 7 | None | Self-administered | EFA | Social support - Medical Outcome Survey (MOS) | Depression – Beck Depression Inventory | Mental health- General Health Questionnaire |
Thai | 7 | None | Self-administered | 1.EFA 2.CFA | Anxiety- The Sate Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) | Self-esteem-The Roseburg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) | Depression- Thai Depression Scale (TDS) |
Traditional Chinese | 7 | Not clearly stated | Interviewer administered | 1. EFA 2. CFA | |||
Turkish | 7 | None | Not stated | EFA | Depression – Beck Depression Inventory | The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) | |
Urdu | 7 | None | Interviewer administered | EFA | Mental distress- Self Report Questionnaire (SRQ-20) | Depression - EPDS | |