Sweden; Department of Psychiatry, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam ... Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis (2001) European Psychiatry, 16, pp.
The Vietnamese version of the Self Reporting Questionnaire 20 (SRQ-20) in detecting mental disorders in rural Vietnam: A validation study Giang B.K., Allebeck P., Kullgren G., Van Tuan N. Faculty of Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam; Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Social Medicine Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden; Department of Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry, Umea University, Umea, Sweden; Department of Psychiatry, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam Abstract: Background: There is a need to develop instruments to measure mental disorders in developing countries because mental disorders are increasingly being recognised as a major public health problem. There has been no previous study in Vietnam validating screening instruments for mental health problems. Aim: To adapt and to validate the Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 (SRQ-20) in the Vietnamese community. Methods: A Vietnamese version of the SRQ-20 was developed and tested in 52 persons in a district hospital sample and 485 persons in a community sample. The psychiatrist's diagnoses were taken as the validity criterion. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis was performed to identify the optimal cut-off value. The area under the ROC curve (AUC) was calculated to assess the performance of SRQ in different sociodemographic groups. Results: In the district hospital sample, the optimal cut-off score was 5/6 with a sensitivity of 85%, a specificity of 46% and an AUC of 0.74 (95% CI: 0.59-0.89). In the community sample, it was 6/7 with a sensitivity of 85%, a specificity of 61% and AUC of 0.86 (95% CI: 0.81-0.93). In terms of AUC, SRQ performed significantly better in the age group 18-24 years as compared with other ages and with single persons as compared with widowed or divorced people. Conclusion: The SRQ-20 was found feasible to use and adapt to the Vietnamese setting. We confirmed the value of this instrument for use in developing countries, but the optimal cut-off limit has to be assessed and determined according to local conditions. Copyright © 2006 Sage Publications. Index Keywords: adult; article; calculation; confidence interval; controlled study; demography; developing country; divorce; feasibility study; female; groups by age; human; major clinical study; male; mental disease; psychiatric diagnosis; psychiatrist; public hospital; questionnaire; roc curve; rural area; rural population; sample; self report; sensitivity and specificity; social aspect; validation study; Viet Nam; widow; Adolescent; Adult; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Middle Aged; Prevalence; Questionnaires; Reproducibility of Results; Rural Population; Self Concept; Vietnam Year: 2006 Source title: International Journal of Social Psychiatry Volume: 52 Issue: 2 Page : 175-184 Cited by: 6 Link: Scorpus Link
Correspondence Address: Allebeck, P.; Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden ISSN: 207640 CODEN: IJSPA DOI: 10.1177/0020764006061251 PubMed ID: 16615249 Language of Original Document: English Abbreviated Source Title: International Journal of Social Psychiatry Document Type: Article Source: Scopus Authors with affiliations: 1. Giang, B.K., Faculty of Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden 2. Allebeck, P., Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Social Medicine Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden 3. Kullgren, G., Department of Clinical Sciences, Psychiatry, Umea University, Umea, Sweden 4. Van Tuan, N., Department of Psychiatry, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Viet Nam
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