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Cross-cultural adaptation of the Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory-5 (CASI-5) for use in central and south-western Uganda: the CHAKA project.

Journal: Tropical doctor

Volume: 47

Issue: 4

Year of Publication: 2018

Affiliated Institutions: Research Scientist, Mental Health Project, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda. Senior Investigator Scientist, Senior Wellcome Trust Fellow Mental Health Project, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda. Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda. Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA.

Abstract summary

Our study was to examine the applicability of translating and culturally adapting the Child and Adolescent Symptom Inventory-5 (CASI-5) for use in Uganda. This process followed guidelines recommended by the International Test Commission. A number of the CASI-5 concepts needed to be revised to capture the idioms for emotional, behavioural disorders and individual functioning among children and adolescents in Uganda. Our experience is that before introduction into another culture, psychological assessment instruments should undergo an adaptation process such as as the one used.

Authors & Co-authors: Mpango Richard Stephen RS Kinyanda Eugene E Rukundo Godfrey Zari GZ Gadow Kenneth D KD Patel Vikram V

Study Outcome

Statistics

Citations :
Authors : 5

Identifiers

Doi : 10.1177/0049475517724688
SSN : 1758-1133

Study Population

Male,Female

Mesh Terms

Adolescent

Other Terms

CASI-5;Uganda;adaptation;cross-cultural;validation

Study Design

Cross Sectional Study

Study Approach

Country of Study

Uganda

Publication Country

England