title: Arabic version of the Global Mental Health Assessment Tool-Primary Care version (GMHAT/PC): a validity and feasibility study.
abstract: Mental health services are far from satisfactory in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. The Global Mental Health Assessment Tool-Primary Care version (GMHAT/PC) is a semi-structured, computerized clinical assessment tool that was developed to assist health workers in making quick, convenient and comprehensive standardized mental health assessments. A study was carried out in the United Arab Emirates to evaluate the validity and feasibility of the Arabic version of the GMHAT/PC. Mental health nurses administered the GMHAT/PC Arabic version to 50 patients in mental health and rehabilitation settings and their GMHAT/PC diagnosis was compared with the psychiatrist's independent ICD-10 based clinical diagnosis on the same patients. The nurses found GMHAT/PC easy to administer in an average of 16 minutes. The GMHAT/PC-based diagnosis had a good agreement with the psychiatrist's diagnosis (kappa = 0.91) and a high sensitivity (97%) and specificity (94%).
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Durrani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: J R M
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Abou-Saleh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lane
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lepping
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000592:standards*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D014479:United Arab Emirates; D055815:Young Adult