Department of Psychiatry, Arkin Mental Health Care, Klaprozenweg 111, 1033 NN, Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam University Medical Center, Location AMC, Meibergdreef 9,1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Research Article
Norms and t-scores for alcohol, depression and anxiety screeners for the population of suriname
Author(s): Edwin de Beurs*, Raj Jadnanansing, Kajal Etwaroo, Matthijs Blankers, Robbert Bipat, Jaap Peen and Jack Dekker
Background: There is a considerable gap between care provision and
the demand for care for common mental disorders in low-and-middleincome
countries. Screening for these disorders, e.g., in primary care,
will help to close this gap. However, appropriate norms and threshold
values for screeners of common mental disorders are lacking.
Method: We gathered data on frequently used screeners for alcohol
use disorders, depression, and anxiety disorders in a representative
sample from Suriname, a non-Latin American Caribbean country.
Results: Norms and crosswalk tables were established for the
conversion of raw scores into a common metric: T-scores. Furthermore,
recommended cut-off values on the T-score metric for severity levels
were compared with international cut-off values for raw scores.. View More»
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