Assessing mental well-being in a Sinhala speaking Sri Lankan population: validation of the WHO-5 well-being index

Assessing mental well-being in a Sinhala speaking Sri Lankan population: validation of the WHO-5 well-being index

Abstract Purpose The WHO-5 well-being index is a widely used, short rating scale that measures subjective well-being. We translated the WHO-5 index into Sinhala and tested its psychometric properties including measurement invariance among diverse groups in a community sample in Sri Lanka. Methods Th...

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Main Authors: B. P. R. Perera, R. Jayasuriya, A. Caldera, A. R. Wickremasinghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Subjects:
WHO-5 Sinhala version
Validation
Well-being
Sri Lanka
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-020-01532-8

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-020-01532-8

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