Adaptation and testing of psychosocial assessment instruments for cross-cultural use: an example from the Thailand Burma border

Table 3 Steps 2 & 4 reliability results

		Step 2N = 31)		Step 4 N =
Test retest/inter rater reliability	Mean (SD) first interview	Mean (SD) repeat interview	Correlation (r)	Mean (SD) first interview	Mean (SD) repeat interview	Correlation (r)
Symptom scales
HSCL depression section score	15.77 (11.35)	11.74 (10.09)	0.84*	---------	---------	---------
HSCL anxiety section score	8.71 (7.11)	6.35 (5.08)	0.71*	---------	---------	---------
HTQ Symptom section score	21.97 (15.85)	14.45 (11.66)	0.78*	---------	---------	---------
Function scales
Male sub scale	0.43 (0.52)	0.28 (0.3)	0.34	0.42 (0.59)	0.43 (0.60)	0.89*
Female sub scale	0.33 (0.38)	0.31 (0.25)	0.43	0.33 (0.54)	0.35 (0.54)	0.86*
Alcohol scale	2.13 (2.33)	2.68 (3.03)	0.63*	4.79 (6.20)	0.46 (5.88)	0.86*
Internal consistency reliability	Total sample ( N =158)	Males ( N =82)	Females ( N =76)	Total sample ( N =66)	Males ( N =35)	Females ( N =31)
Symptom scales
HSCL depression section score	0.92	0.84	0.93	---------	---------	---------
HSCL anxiety section score	0.89	0.84	0.91	---------	---------	---------
HTQ Symptom section score	0.92	0.86	0.94	---------	---------	---------
Function scale	---------	0.83	0.83	---------	0.91	0.92
Alcohol scale	0.73	0.73	0.64	0.79	0.70	0.57

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