Acceptability and face validity of two mental health screening tools for use in the routine surgical setting

BMC Psychology

Table 3 Percentage of consumers who rated the mental health screening tools a score of 4 or 5

Consumer rating	Acceptability			Face validity
Consumer rating	Clarity	Length	Ease of use	Willingness to complete	design
Kessler psychological distress scale (k10)
Mental health (n = 9)	8 (89%)	7 (78%)	7 (78%)	7 (78%)	7 (78%)
Surgical (n = 14)	13 (93%)	12 (86%)	13 (93%)	12 (86%)	11 (79%)
P value	0.742	0.624	0.295	0.624	0.964
Overall (n = 23)	21 (91%)	19 (83%)	20 (87%)	19 (83%)	18 (78%)
Somatic and psychological health report-12 (SPHERE-12)
Mental health (n = 9)	9 (100%)	7 (78%)	8 (89%)	7 (78%)	8 (89%)
Surgical (n = 14)	9 (64%)	11 (92%)^a	10 (91%)^b	8 (62%)^c	7 (50%)
P value	0.043	0.368	0.881	0.421	0.056
Overall (n = 23)	18 (78%)	18 (86%)^a	18 (90%)^b	15 (68%)^c	15 (65%)

Based on 5-point Likert Scale (range 1–5) with 5 indicating highest rating of consensus; Data presented as frequency (percentage) of score ≥ 4; P < 0.05 indicate statistical significancy
^aIndicate missing data (N = 2)
^bIndicate missing data (N = 3)
^cIndicate missing data (N = 1)

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