title: The validity and reliability of the World Health Organization Mental Disorders Checklist for use in a telehealth clinic in Hong Kong.
abstract: This research aimed to test the validity and reliability of the 'World Health Organization Mental Disorders Checklist' for use in a telehealth clinic in Hong Kong. The Checklist adopted four subscales: (i) depression; (ii) anxiety; (iii) alcohol use disorders; and (vi) functioning and disablement, and was translated from English into Chinese. It was validated by a panel of five experts to confirm its content validity (content validity index = 0.98) and cultural appropriateness in Hong Kong. The reliability of the checklist was supported by the findings of a test-retest procedure (Pearson correlation = 0.66-0.88, P < 0.01), internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.54-0.83), and interrater reliability (Kendall's coefficient of concordance = 0.58-1.00, P < 0.01) involving a sample of 197 subjects from one telehealth clinic in Hong Kong.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. hsfong@inet.polyu.edu.hk
authors.forename: Sau Fong
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chui
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arthur
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: Wai Man
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D015995:Prevalence; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D017216:Telemedicine; D014175:Translating; D014944:World Health Organization