1. Reliability and Mental Health Correlates of a Single-Item Measure of Self-Rated Mental Health (SRMH) in the Chinese Context.
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Fung, Hong Wang, Lam, Stanley Kam Ki, Chien, Wai Tong, Ling, Henry Wai-Hang, Wu, Zi Yi, Ross, Colin A., and Chau, Anson Kai Chun
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COMPETENCY assessment (Law) ,PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis ,RELIABILITY (Personality trait) ,STATISTICS ,RESEARCH ,STATISTICAL reliability ,ACADEMIC medical centers ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,SELF-evaluation ,RESEARCH methodology evaluation ,SELF-perception ,BORDERLINE personality disorder ,SCHIZOPHRENIA ,RESEARCH methodology ,AGE distribution ,POST-traumatic stress disorder ,INTERVIEWING ,CRONBACH'S alpha ,PSYCHOLOGICAL tests ,SEX distribution ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,MENTAL depression ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,INTRACLASS correlation ,CHI-squared test ,STATISTICAL sampling ,DATA analysis software ,DATA analysis ,STATISTICAL correlation ,MENTAL health services - Abstract
The use of single-item measures of self-rated mental health (SRMH) has been increasingly valued in epidemiologic research. However, little is known about the reliability and mental health correlates of SRMH in Chinese populations. This study examined the reliability and mental health correlates of SRMH in three Chinese samples. We analyzed data collected from two convenience samples of Chinese adults from Hong Kong and/or Taiwan (Sample 1: N = 205; Sample 2: N = 377), and a random sample of Taiwan psychiatric inpatients (Sample 3: N = 100). Our results showed that the single-item measure of SRMH had moderate to good test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation [ICC] = 0.75) in Sample 1 and acceptable reliability between the self-report and interviewer-administered versions (ICC = 0.58) in Sample 3. It had a high positive correlation with self-esteem and a moderately high negative correlation with depression. It also had a consistently negative correlation with borderline personality disorder symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. The SRMH score was also associated with psychiatric service usage. These findings contribute to the body of knowledge regarding the use of a single-item measure of SRMH to assess overall self-perceived mental health in Chinese communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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