Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of seventeen widely-used assessment instruments for child and adolescent mental health in Greece

Karagiorga, Vasiliki Eirini; Schafer, Julia Luiza; Marchionatti, Lauro Estivalete; Caye, Arthur; Serdari, Aspasia; Kotsis, Konstantinos; Basta, Maria; Balikou, Panagiota; Kapsimalli, Efstathia; Mitropoulou, Andromachi; Klavdianou, Nikanthi; Zeleni, Domna; Mitroulaki, Sotiria; Botzaki, Anna; Gerostergios, Giorgos; Samiotakis, Giorgos; Simioni, André; Georgiades, Katholiki; Salum, Giovanni Abrahão; Koumoula, Anastasia

doi:10.1186/s41687-024-00693-0

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 1 Description of cross-culturally adapted instruments

From: Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of seventeen widely-used assessment instruments for child and adolescent mental health in Greece

Domain	Instrument	Informant	Number of items (final version)	Measured construct
Mental health symptoms	Pediatric symptoms checklist (PSC-Y) [10] + questions on daily life impact	Child/adolescent	35 + 5	Psychosocial functioning
	Pediatric symptoms checklist (PSC-C) [10] + questions on daily life impact	Caregiver	35 + 5	Psychosocial functioning
	Deliberate self harm inventory (DSHI-9) modified short version (modified to use in the CAHMI) [11]	Child/adolescent	11	Non-suicidal self injury
	Child and adolescent trauma screen-2 (CATS2-C) [12]	Caregiver	16–41	Traumatic exposure and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms
	Child and adolescent trauma screen-2 (CATS2-Y) [12]	Child/adolescent	16–41
	UCSD ABCD screen use-C (modified to use in the CAHMI) [13]	Caregiver	6	Time spent in screen use
	UCSD ABCD screen use-Y (modified to use in the CAHMI) [14]	Child/adolescent	11	Time spent in screen use
	SNAP-IV (Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham) [15]	Caregiver	26	Hyperactivity, inattention, impulsivity, and oppositional behavior
Parenting	Parent behavior inventory (PBI) [16]	Caregiver	20	Parenting behavior as of two subscales: supportive/engaged and hostile/coercitive
Mental health literacy and stigma	Mental health literacy scale (MHLS) (modified to use in the CAHMI) [17]	Caregiver and general population	28	Literacy and attitudes on mental health disorders
	Australian mental health vignettes [18,19,20]	Child/adolescent	2 vignettes 26 questions	Mental health vignettes depicting common conditions to elicit audience attitudes
	The reported and intended behavior scale (RIBS) [21]	Caregiver and general population	8	Previous social contact and intentions towards people facing mental health issues
Service use and access	Barriers to access to care evaluation (BACE) (modified to use in the CAHMI) [22]	Caregiver	30	Barriers to care experienced by people who use or have used mental health services
	Experience of service questionnaire (ESQ-C) (modified to use in the CAHMI) [23]	Caregiver	12	Satisfaction of use with mental health services
	Experience of service questionnaire (ESQ-Y 12–17 years) (modified to use in the CAHMI) [23]	Adolescent
	Experience of service questionnaire (ESQ-Y 9–11 years) (modified to use in the CAHMI) [23]	Child
Professional practices	The multitheoretical list of therapeutic interventions (MULTI-30) (modified to use in the CAHMI) [24]	Healthcare professionals	30	Frequency of use of diverse mental health skills and techniques

Notes *two mental health vignettes. Some instruments were modified to use in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Initiative, as detailed in Table 2 and Supplementary Table 1

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