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Key term | Alternative term(s) |
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multidimensional scale of perceived social support | MSPSS, mspss |
translation | translated, translat* |
adaption | Cultural adaptation, adapt* |
• Language in which the MSPSS was translated to e.g. French | |
• Country where the translation was done e.g. France |
Study selection
Data collection process
Data items
Risk of bias in individual studies
Best evidence synthesis
Version -Country | Internal consistency | Criterion validity | Construct validity – convergent | Construct validity- divergent | Reproducibility- agreement | Reproducibility- reliability |
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Arabic women (MSPSS-AW)- USA | Moderate (−-) | Limited (−) | Limited (−) | |||
Arabic Generic – Lebanon | Limited (−) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | |||
Chichewa- Malawi | Strong (+++) | Limited (−) | ||||
Chinese (Simplified) – Malaysia | Strong (+++) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | ||
Chinese (Traditional) – Hong Kong, China | Conflicting (−) | Unknown (?) | Moderate (−-) | Moderate (−-) | Limited (+) | |
Chiyao - Malawi | Strong (+++) | Limited (−) | ||||
Creole- USA (Haiti) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | |||
French - France | Limited (+) | Limited (−) | Limited (−) | |||
Hausa – Nigeria | Strong (+++) | Limited (−) | Limited (−) | |||
Korean-Korea | Strong (+++) | Limited (−) | Limited (−) | |||
Luganda - Uganda | Limited (−) | |||||
Malay – Malaysia | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | ||
Persian – Iran | Limited (−) | Unknown (?) | Limited (−) | |||
Polish – Poland | Strong (+++) | Moderate (−-) | Moderate (−-) | |||
Portuguese – Portugal | Strong (+++) | Limited (−) | Limited (+) | Limited (−) | ||
Spanish – *USA, ** Spain | Limited (+) | Moderate (−-) | Moderate (−-) | |||
Swedish – Sweden | Moderate (++) | Limited (−) | Limited (+) | |||
Tamil – Malaysia | Limited (−) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | ||
Thai – Thailand | Moderate (++) | Unknown (?) | Limited (+) | |||
Turkish (Original) - Turkey | Moderate (++) | Conflicting (−) | Conflicting (+) | |||
Turkish (Revised) – Turkey | Conflicting (−) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | Unknown (?) | ||
Urdu – Pakistan | ? (unknown) | Limited (−) | Moderate (−-) |
Version -Country | Crosscultural validity | Structural validity | Internal consistency | Reliability | Hypothesis testing/construct validity | Criterion validity | |
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Divergent validity | Convergent validity | ||||||
Arabic women – USA | Poor [5] | Fair [5] | Fair [5] | Fair | Fair [5] | ||
Arabic Generic – Lebanon | Poor [27] | Poor [27] | Fair [27] | Fair [27] | Fair [27] | ||
Chichewa- Malawi | Fair [26] | Excellent [26] | Excellent [26] | ||||
Chinese (Simplified) – Malaysia | Poor [12] | Poor [12] | Fair [12] | Poor [12] | Poor [12] | Poor [12] | |
Chinese (Traditional) – Hong Kong, China | Poor [17] | Fair [64] | Fair [17] | ||||
Chiyao – Malawi | Fair [26] | Excellent [26] | Excellent [26] | Fair [26] | |||
Creole- Haiti(USA) | Poor [6] | Poor [6] | Fair [6] | Fair [6] | |||
French – France | Poor [9] | Fair [9] | Fair [9] | Fair [9] | Fair [9] | ||
Hausa – Nigeria | Excellent [14] | Excellent [14] | Fair [14] | Fair [85] | |||
Korean-Korea | Poor [87] | Poor [87] | Excellent [87] | Fair [87] | Fair [87] | ||
Luganda – Uganda | Fair [13] | Poor [13] | Fair [13] | ||||
Malay – Malaysia | Poor [11] | Poor [11] | Poor [11] | Poor [11] | |||
Persian – Iran | Poor [18] | Poor [18] | Fair [18] | Fair [18] | |||
Polish – Poland | Good [92] | Excellent [92] | Excellent [92] | ||||
Portuguese – Portugal | Fair [32] | Excellent [32] | Excellent [32] | Fair [32] | Fair [96] | ||
Spanish – *USA, ** Spain | Poor ** [99] | Fair * [101] | |||||
Swedish – Sweden | Good [3] | Poor [3] | Good [3] | Fair [3] | |||
Tamil – Malaysia | Poor [87] | Poor [87] | Fair [87] | Poor [87] | Poor [87] | Poor [87] | |
Thai – Thailand | Poor [44] | Fair [44] | |||||
Turkish (Original)– Turkey | Poor [39] | ||||||
Turkish (Revised) – Turkey | Fair [29] | Poor [29] | Fair [29] | Poor [29] | |||
Urdu – Pakistan | Poor [49] | Poor [49] | Fair [47] |
Version –Country | Cross-cultural validity | Structural validity | Internal consistency | Reliability | Construct validity | Criterion validity |
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Arabic women - USA | ? [5] | - [5] | + [5] | ? [63] | ||
Arabic Generic – Lebanon | ? [27] | ? [27] | + [27] | ? [27] | ||
Chichewa- Malawi | - [26] | + [26] | + [26] | |||
Chinese (Simplified) – Malaysia | ? [12] | ? [12] | + [12] | ? [12] | ? [12] | ? [12] |
Chinese (Traditional) – Hong Kong, China | ? [17] | ? [17] | ||||
Chiyao – Malawi | - [26] | + [26] | + [26] | |||
Creole- Haiti(USA) | ? [6] | ? [6] | ? [6] | ? [6] | ||
French – France | ? [9] | - [9] | + [9] | ? [9] | ? [9] | |
Hausa – Nigeria | + [14] | + [14] | ? [14] | ? [85] | ||
Korean-Korea | ? [87] | ? [87] | + [87] | ? [87] | ||
Luganda – Uganda | - [13] | ? [13] | ? [13] | |||
Malay – Malaysia | ? [11] | ? [11] | ? [11] | |||
Persian – Iran | ? [18] | ? [18] | ? [18] | ? [18] | ||
Polish – Poland | - [92] | + [92] | + [92] | |||
Portuguese – Portugal | - [32] | + [32] | + [32] | ? [32] | ||
Spanish – *USA, ** Spain | ? [99] ** | |||||
Swedish – Sweden | - [3] | ? [3] | + [3] | + [3] | ||
Tamil – Malaysia | ? [103] | ? [103] | ? [103] | ? [103] | ? [103] | |
Thai – Thailand | ? [44] | |||||
Turkish (Original)- Turkey | ? [39] | |||||
Turkish (Revised) – Turkey | ? [29] | |||||
Urdu – Pakistan | ? [49] | ? [49] |
Results
Study selection
Study characteristics
Authors [Year of publication] | Language (s) | Study aim(s) | Design | Country – [income bracket] | Setting | Participants | Sampling | Age in years- Mean [SD] |
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Aroian et al. [2010] | Arabic | T & PT | Cross-sectional | USA - HIC | Community | Arab Muslim immigrant married woman, N = 539 | Convenience | 40.2 (6.5) |
Norries et al. [2011] | Arabic | PT | Cross-sectional | USA - HIC | Community | Arab Muslim immigrant women, N = 519 | Convenience | 40.22 (6.5) |
Merhi & Kazarian [2012] | Arabic | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Lebanon - UMIC | Community | Healthy adults, N = 221 | Not stated | 34.0 (11.7) |
Stewart et al. [2014] | Chichewa & Chiyao | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Malawi – LIC | Clinical | Women attending antenatal visits, N = 583 | Convenience | 25.1 (6.2) |
Stewart et al. [2014] | Chichewa & Chiyao | PT | Cross-sectional | Malawi – LIC | Clinical | Women attending antenatal visits, N = 583 | Consecutive | 25.14 (6.22) |
Cao et al. [2015] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | Community | Elderly population, N = 928 | Two-stage stratified cluster sampling | *60–94 [Range] |
Chan et al. [2010] | Chinese | PT | Random Controlled Trial | China - HIC | Clinical | Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, N = 206 | Random | 72.9 (7.7) |
He et al. [2016] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | Clinical | Burns patients, N = 246 | Not stated | 25.77 (2.14) |
Liu et al. [2015] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | Community | Adults, N = 1471 | Not stated | 34.5 (10.4) |
Meng-Yao et al. [2016] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | Clinical | Patients with bladder cancer, N = 365 | Convenience | 63.76 (11.45) |
Tan et al. [2016] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | High schools | Adolescents, N = 618 | Random | 16.29 (2.58) |
Taylor-Piliae et al. [2005] | Chinese | PT | Quasi-experimental | USA-HIC | Community | Chinese nationals with cardio vascular disease risk factors, N = 38 | Convenience | 66 (8.3) |
Wang et al. [2014] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | Clinical | Patients with depression, N = 100 | Not stated | 41.36 (15.55) |
Wang et al. [2015] | Chinese | PT | Longitudinal | China - HIC | Clinical | Patients with breast cancer, N = 404 | Not stated | 47.64 (7.66) |
Zeng et al. [2016] | Chinese | PT | Longitudinal | China - HIC | Clinical | Patients mild traumatic brain injury, N = 219 | Convenience | 34.7 (14.8) |
Zhang et at [2016] | Chinese | PT | Random Controlled Trial | China - HIC | Clinical | Outpatients with mild depression, N = 62 | Random | 48.3 (17.5) |
Zhou et al. [2015] | Chinese | PT | Cross-sectional | China - HIC | Clinical | Patients on methadone maintenance treatment, N = 1212 | Not stated | 42.5 (6.2) |
Zhu, Hu & Efird [2012] | Chinese | PT | Cross-sectional, correlational | China - HIC | Community | Elderly population, N = 120 | Quasi-random | 71.42 (7.18) |
Chan, Yu & Li [2011] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | Clinical | Peritoneal dialysis patients, N = 141 | Random | 57 (12) |
Cheng et al. [2004] | Chinese | PT | Cross-sectional | Hong Kong - HIC | High schools | Adolescents, N = 2105 | Not stated | 14.8 (1.6) |
Sing & Wong [2011] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | Hong Kong - HIC | College | College students, N = 529 | Not stated | 21.1 (1.77) |
Kee-Lee Chou [2000] | Chinese | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Hong Kong - HIC | High schools | Adolescents, N = 410 | Random | 17.5 (0.7) |
Liu et al. [2015] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | Clinical | Patients with haematological malignancies, N = 225 | Consecutive | *15–83 [Range] |
Wong et al. [2012] | Chinese | PT | Comparative cross-sectional survey | Hong Kong - HIC | 1. Clinical 2. Community | 1. Caregivers of stroke, Parkinson’s disease, or Alzheimer disease patients, n = 55 2. General population, n = 61 | Not stated | 1. caregivers- 72 (6.2) 2. General population- 72 (6.3) |
Liu et al. [2015] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | University | University students, N = 722 | 19.68 (1.12) | |
Yeung et al. [2013] | Chinese | PT | Quasi-experimental | USA-HIC | Clinical | Chinese Americans, N = 14 | Convenience | 53 (14) |
Yu Ling et al. [2015] | Chinese | PT | Cross sectional | China - HIC | High schools | Adolescents, N = 1654 | Random | 15.85 (1.02) |
Hannan et al. [2016] | Creole | T & PT | Longitudinal | USA-HIC | University | Haitian post-partum mothers, N = 85 | Convenience | 45.8 (11.1) |
Denis et al. [2015] | French | T & PT | Cross-sectional | France-HIC | Clinical | Post-partum mothers, N = 148 | Not stated | 30.5 (5.1) |
Hamza et al. [2012] | Hausa | T | Mixed methods | Nigeria -LMIC | Clinical | Patients with stroke, N = 10 | Random | 51.5 (not provided) |
Mohammad et al. [2015] | Hausa | PT | Cross-sectional | Nigeria - LMIC | Clinical | Patients with stroke, N = 140 | Consecutive | 58.8 (13.2) |
Vincent-Onabajo et al. [2015] | Hausa | PT | Cross-sectional | Nigeria - LMIC | Clinical | Patients with stroke, N = 100 | Consecutive | 51.4 (13.5) |
Park et al. [2011] | Korean | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Korea-HIC | Clinical | Women with diabetes, N = 123 | Convenience | 53.4 (5.9) |
Nakigudde et al. (2009) | Luganda | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Uganda- LIC | Clinical | Post-partum mothers, N = 240 | Systematic | 26 (5.7) |
Ng* et al. [2010] | Malay | T & PT | Longitudinal | Malaysia-UMIC | Clinical | University students, N = 237 | Not stated | *19–25 [range] |
Ng* et al. [2015] | Malay | PT | Prospective cohort | Malaysia-UMIC | Clinical | Female patients with breast cancer, N = 221 | Not stated | 551 (11.5) |
Razali & Yusoff [2014] | Malay | PT | Cross-sectional | Malaysia-UMIC | Clinical | Patients with Schizophrenia, N = 70 | Universal | 33 (9) |
Roohafza et al. [2016] | Persian | PT | Cross sectional | Iran-UMIC | Clinical | Patients with irritable bowel syndrome, N = 4763 | Not stated | Not stated |
Bagherian-Sararoudi, et al. [2013] | Persian | T & PT | Longitudinal | Iran-UMIC | Clinical | 1.Myocardial patients, n = 176; 2. Healthy participants, n = 71: N = 247 | Not stated | 1. 56 (9.8) |
Ghorbani et al. [2005] | Persian | PT | Cross sectional | Iran-UMIC | Clinical | Parents of pre-term & full-term infants, N = 164 | Multi-stage sampling | 1. pre-term - 27.6 (6.25) 2. full term-28.22 (4.54) |
Adamczyk & DiTommaso [2014] | Polish | PT | Cross-sectional | Poland - HIC | University | Young adults, N = 417 | Not stated | 21.14 (2.05) |
Adamczyk &Segrin[2015] | Polish | PT | Cross-sectional | Poland - HIC | University | Young adults, N = 553 | Not stated | 23.42 (3.27) |
Adamczyk [2013] | Polish | T & PT | Longitudinal | Poland - HIC | University | University students, N = 418 | Convenience | 21.1 (2.1) |
Adamczyk & Segrin[2015] | Polish | PT | Cross-sectional | Poland - HIC | University | Young adults, N = 553 | Not stated | 23.42 (3.27) |
Martins et al. [2011] | Portuguese | PT | Cross-sectional | Portugal- HIC | Clinical & Online | Adults attempting to get pregnant, N = 312 | Convenience | 32.01 (4.65) |
Martins et al. [2012] | Portuguese | T & PT | Longitudinal | Portugal- HIC | Clinical & Online | Adults attempting to get pregnant, N = 589 | Convenience | 33.8 (5.2) |
Martins et al. [2014] | Portuguese | PT | Cross-sectional | Portugal- HIC | Clinical & Online | Adults attempting to get pregnant, N = 426 | Convenience | 1.Men- 34.3(6.2) 2. Women-32.3 (4.9) |
Guan et al. [2015] | Simplified Chinese | T & PT | Longitudinal | China - HIC | University | University students, N = 202 | Convenience | 21.9 (2.0) |
Cobb & Xie [2015] | Spanish | PT | Cross-sectional | USA-HIC | Community | Hispanic immigrants, N = 122 | Not stated | 33.7 (8.2) |
Guillén et al. [2015] | Spanish | PT | Cross-sectional | Spain - HIC | Community | Female intimate partner violence victims, N = 136 | Convenience | 31.67 (SD not stated) |
Ramos et al. [2016] | Spanish | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Spain - HIC | Community | Retirees, N = 991 | Convenience | 62.7 (5.89) |
Rey et al. [2016] | Spanish | PT | Cross-sectional | Spain - HIC | Community | Adults, N = 613 | Not stated | 34.36 (11.18) |
Trujols et al. [2014] | Spanish | PT | Cross-sectional | Spain - HIC | Clinical | Patients with depression, N = 173 | Consecutive | 50.2 (14.9) |
Ekbäck et al. [2013] | Swedish | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Sweden -HIC | Clinical | 1. Patients with Hirsutism, n = 127 2. Nursing students, n = 154 | Not stated | 1. Patients with, Hirsutism, 32.0 (10.3) 2. Nursing students, 27.3 (7.8) |
Ekbäck et al. [2014] | Swedish | PT | Comparative, cross-sectional | Sweden -HIC | Clinical | 1.Patients with Hirsutism, n = 127 2. Normative sample, n = 1115 | Not stated | 1. Patients with Hirsutism 32.0 (10.2) 2. Normative sample, 32.7 (7.9) |
Guan et al. [2013] | Tamil | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Malaysia-UMIC | University | University students, N = 94 | Not stated | 38.3 (17.9) |
Ross et al. [2011] | Thai | PT | Cross-sectional, correlational | Thailand-UMIC | Clinical | Postpartum, HIV-positive women, N = 85 | Convenience | 26.8 (5.64) |
Wongpakaran [2011] | Thai | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Thailand-UMIC | University | 1. Medical students, n = 310 2.Patients with major depressive disorder, n = 152 [N = 462] | Convenience | 1. Medical students, n = 19.16 (1.02) 2. Patients with major depressive disorder, 41.23 (12.30) |
Wongpakaran [2012] | Thai | T & PT | Cross sectional | Thailand-UMIC | University | Medical students, N = 486 | Not stated | 19.01 (0.90) |
Eker & Arkar [1995] | Turkish | T & PT | Cross-sectional | Turkey - UMIC | University & Clinical | 1. University students, n = 146 2. Patients with renal problems, n = 50 | Not stated | 1. University students,20.34 (1.55) 2. Patients with renal problems,37.18 (12.8) |
Ersoy & Varan [2007] | Turkish | PT | Cross-sectional | Turkey - UMIC | Clinical | Patients with psychiatric disorders, N = 203 | Convenience | 33.79 (11.77) |
Eker, Arkar & Yaldiz [2000] | Turkish | PT | Cross-sectional | Turkey - UMIC | Clinical | 1. Psychiatry patients, n = 50 2. Surgery patients, n = 50 3. Normative sample, n = 50 | Convenience | 1. Psychiatry patients, 36(13) 2. Surgery patients, 36(13) 3. Normative sample, 35(11) |
Kuscu et al. [2009] | Turkish | PT | Cross-sectional | Turkey - UMIC | Clinical | Caregivers of adult cancer patients, N = 51 | Convenience | Not stated |
Duru [2007] | Turkish | PT | Cross-sectional | Turkey - UMIC | University | Students, N = 340 | Not stated | 18.83 (1.35) |
Basol [2008] | Turkish | PT | Cross-sectional | Turkey - UMIC | Schools | Administrators, N = 433 | Not stated | Not stated |
Akhtar et al. [2010] | Urdu | PT | Longitudinal | Pakistan- LMIC | Community | Antenatal women, N = 325 | Not stated | 27 (5) |
Saleem et al. [2013] | Urdu | PT | Cross sectional | Pakistan- LMIC | Clinical | Drug addicts, N = 70 | Not stated | 32.21 (8.30) |
Khan et al. [2015] | Urdu | PT | Cross sectional | Pakistan- LMIC | Community | Pregnant women, N = 349 | Cluster | < 19–30+ [Range] |
Qadir et al. [2013] | Urdu | PT | Cross sectional | Pakistan- LMIC | Community | Married women, N = 277 | Convenience | 36.7 (9.96) |
Naveed & Naz [2015] | Urdu | PT | Cross sectional | Pakistan- LMIC | Clinical | Women with postpartum depression, N = 100 | Not stated | 27.31 (5.20) |
Language (s) | esponse options | Modification | Mode of administration | Statistical analyses | Secondary outcome measures | ||
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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 |