Assessment Tools for Programs and Research
Over the last decade of work, our team has translated and adapted tools for assessing common mental health problems in several countries and languages around the world. In many cases, we have also conducted for tests of the reliability and validity of these translated and adapted tools.
All of the measures listed below are available by request from our research team. Please do not disseminate these translations directly to others but refer them to this page or to our team for the translations. Please note that measures marked with a * may require permission from the original authors. We do not take responsibility for these permissions.
Hopkins Symptom Checklist Depression Measure
(HSCL-D; 15-items)1
CountryLanguage(s) | Population we used it with | Adaptation/Validation Study |
Democratic Republic of Congo Swahili, Kifulero, Kihave, Mashi, Kibembe | Adult female SGBV survivors | USAID project Report – available by request |
Democratic Republic of Congo Lingala | Perinatal women | Post-partum depression in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: validation of a concept using a mixed-methods cross-cultural approach. Bass JK, Ryder RW, Lammers MC, Mukaba TN, Bolton PA. Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH. 2008; 13(12):1534-42. |
Myanmar Burmese, Kayin, Kachin | Male and Female adult trauma survivors | Adaptation and testing of psychosocial assessment instruments for cross-cultural use: an example from the Thailand Burma border. Haroz EE, Bass JK, Lee C, Murray LK, Robinson C, Bolton P. BMC psychology. 2014; 2(1):31. |
Uganda Luganda, Ateso, Jhapadhola | Male and Female HIV-affected adults | Cross-cultural validity and reliability testing of a standard psychiatric assessment instrument without a gold standard. Bolton P. J Nerv Ment Dis. 2001 Apr;189(4):238-42. (Luganda version) |
Indonesia Bahasa Aceh | Male and Female adult trauma survivors | Bass J, Poudyal B, Bolton P. (2008) An assessment of the impact of a problem-solving counseling for torture-affected adults in Aceh, Indonesia. USAID Development Clearinghouse |
Iraq Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani and Bhadini) | Male and Female adult trauma survivors | USAID project Report – available by request |
Tanzania (Nyarugusu Refugee Camp) Swahili | Female adult refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo | Forthcoming |
Nepal Nepali | Male and female torture survivors | Tol, W. A., I. H. Komproe, M. J. D. Jordans, S. B. Thapa, B. Sharma and J. T. V. M. de Jong (2009). "Brief multi-disciplinary treatment for torture survivors in Nepal: a naturalistic comparative study." International Journal of Social Psychiatry 55(1): 39-56. |
Hopkins Symptom Checklist Anxiety Measure (HSCL-A; 10-items)2
CountryLanguage(s) | Population we used it with | Adaptation/Validation Study |
Indonesia Bahasa Aceh | Male and Female adult trauma survivors | Bass J, Poudyal B, Bolton P. (2008) An assessment of the impact of a problem-solving counseling for torture-affected adults in Aceh, Indonesia. USAID Development Clearinghouse |
Myanmar Burmese, Kayin, Kachin | Male and Female adult trauma survivors | Adaptation and testing of psychosocial assessment instruments for cross-cultural use: an example from the Thailand Burma border. Haroz EE, Bass JK, Lee C, Murray LK, Robinson C, Bolton P. BMC psychology. 2014; 2(1):31. |
Uganda Luganda, Ateso, Jhapadhola | Male and Female HIV-affected adults |
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Democratic Republic of Congo Swahili, Kifulero, Kihave, Mashi, Kibembe | Adult female SGBV survivors | USAID project Report – available by request |
Iraq Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani and Bhadini) | Male and Female adult trauma survivors | USAID project Report – available by request |
Tanzania (Nyarugusu Refugee Camp) Swahili | Female adult refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo |
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Nepal Nepali | Male and female torture survivors | Tol, W. A., I. H. Komproe, M. J. D. Jordans, S. B. Thapa, B. Sharma and J. T. V. M. de Jong (2009). "Brief multi-disciplinary treatment for torture survivors in Nepal: a naturalistic comparative study." International Journal of Social Psychiatry 55(1): 39-56. |
Harvard Trauma Questionnaire Posttraumatic Stress Measure (HTQ; 16-items) 3
CountryLanguage(s) | Population we used it with | Adaptation/Validation Study |
Democratic Republic of Congo Swahili, Kifulero, Kihavu, Mashi, Kibembe | Adult female SGBV survivors | USAID project Report – available by request |
Myanmar Burmese, Kayin, Kachin | Male and Female adult trauma survivors | Adaptation and testing of psychosocial assessment instruments for cross-cultural use: an example from the Thailand Burma border. Haroz EE, Bass JK, Lee C, Murray LK, Robinson C, Bolton P. BMC psychology. 2014; 2(1):31. |
Iraq Arabic, Kurdish (Sorani and Bhadini) | Male and Female adult trauma survivors | USAID project Report – available by request |
Tanzania (Nyarugusu refugee camp) Swahili | Female adult refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo | Forthcoming |
Uganda (Juba Arabic)* | South Sudanese Refugees | Forthcoming |
International Depression Symptom Screener (IDSS; 29-items)4
CountryLanguage(s) | Population we used it with | Adaptation/Validation Study |
Myanmar Burmese, Kayin | Male and Female adult general population | Nguyen AJ, Lee C, Haroz E, Murray L, Bolton P. Psychosocial assessment of conflict-affected people in Karen State, Myanmar: Development and testing of a locally adapted instrument. In prep. |
Ukraine Russian | Adult Male and Female internally displaced populations and veterans | Doty SB, Haroz EE, Singh NS, Bodganov S, Bass JK, Murray LK, Callaway KL & Bolton PA. Development and validation of an assessment for mental health and alcohol use problems among conflict-affected people in Ukraine. [under review at Conflict and Health] |
WHO Measures
Measure | Country (Language) | Population we used it with | Adaptation/Validation Study |
WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)*5 | Uganda (Juba Arabic) | South Sudanese Refugees | Forthcoming |
WHO 5 Well Being Index*6 | Uganda (Juba Arabic) | South Sudanese Refugees | Forthcoming |
6. Staehr, J. K. (1998). The use of well-being measures in primary health care-the DepCare project. World Health Organization, Regional Office for Europe: Well-Being Measures in Primary Health Care-the DepCare Project. Geneva: World Health Organization.
Other Measures
Measure | Country (Language) | Population we used it with | Adaptation/Validation Study |
Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS)7 | Democratic Republic of Congo (Lingala) | Perinatal women | Post-partum depression in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: validation of a concept using a mixed-methods cross-cultural approach. Bass JK, Ryder RW, Lammers MC, Mukaba TN, Bolton PA. Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH. 2008; 13(12):1534-42. |
PTSD-RI8* | Zambia (Nyanja) | Children | Validation of the UCLA Child Post traumatic stress disorder-reaction index in Zambia. Murray LK, Bass J, Chomba E, Imasiku M, Thea D, Semrau K, Cohen JA, Lam C, Bolton P. International journal of mental health systems. 2011; 5(1):24. |
Shame Measure9 ? | Zambia (Nyanja) | Children | Testing the validity and reliability of the shame questionnaire among sexually abused girls in Zambia. Michalopoulos LT, Murray LK, Kane JC, Skavenski van Wyk S, Chomba E, Cohen J, Imasiku M, Semrau K, Unick J, Bolton PA. PLoS One. 2015 Apr 16;10(4):e0123820. |
Child Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Scale Interview format (CPSS-I)10 | Ethiopia (Somali) Zambia | Refugee youth | The importance of establishing reliability and validity of assessment instruments for mental health problems: An example from Somali children and adolescents living in three refugee camps in Ethiopia. Hall BJ, Puffer E, Murray LK, Ismael A, Bass JK, Sim A, Bolton PA. Psychological injury and law. 2014; 7(2):153-164. |
Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST)11 | Zambia (Nyanja) | Youth – Orphans and Vulnerable Children | Validation of a substance and alcohol use assessment instrument among orphans and vulnerable children in Zambia using Audio Computer Assisted Self-Interviewing (ACASI). Kane JC, Murray LK, Bass JK, Johnson RM, Bolton P. Drug and alcohol dependence. 2016; 166:85-92. |
Youth Self-Report*12 | Georgia (Georgian) Zambia | Street Youth | Bolton P, Murray L, Kippen S, Bass J. (2007) Assessment of urban street children and children living in government institutions in Georgia: development and testing of a locally-adapted psychosocial assessment instrument. USAID Development Clearinghouse |
Psychological Outcomes Profile (PSYCHLOPS)* 13 | Uganda (Juba Arabic) | South Sudanese Refugees | Forthcoming |
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)* 14 | Uganda (Juba Arabic) | South Sudanese Refugees | Forthcoming |
Abbreviated PTSD Checklist, civilian version (PCL-C-6)* 15 | Uganda (Juba Arabic) | South Sudanese Refugees | Forthcoming |
Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ)*16 | Uganda (Juba Arabic) | South Sudanese Refugees | Forthcoming |
Kessler 6 Scale for Psychological Distress (K6)*17 | Uganda (Juba Arabic) | South Sudanese Refugees | Forthcoming |