TY - JOUR T1 - Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Danish consensus version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health PY - 2015/9VL - 41 IS - 5 SP - 486 EP - 490 AU - Eskildsen, Anita AU - Dalgaard, Vita Ligaya AU - Nielsen, Kent Jacob AU - Andersen, Johan Hviid AU - Zachariae, Robert AU - Olsen, Lis Raabæk AU - Jørgensen, Anders AU - Christiansen, David Høyrup M3 - doi: 10.5271/sjweh.3510 UR - https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3510 KW - agreement KW - cross-cultural adaption KW - Danish translation KW - Denmark KW - minimal clinically important change KW - minimal detectable change KW - occupational stress KW - Perceived Stress Scale KW - PSS-10 KW - psychometric properties KW - reliability KW - responsiveness KW - validation KW - work-related stress N2 - '

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OBJECTIVES ': 'The aims of the present study were to (i) cross-culturally adapt a Danish consensus version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and (ii) evaluate its psychometric properties in terms of agreement, reliability, validity, responsiveness, and interpretability among patients with work-related stress complaints.

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METHODS ': 'A consensus-building process was performed involving the authors of the three previous Danish translations and the consensus version was back-translated into English and pilot-tested. Psychometric properties of the final version were examined in a sample of 64 patients with work-related stress complaints.

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RESULTS ': 'The face validity, reliability, and internal consistency of the Danish consensus version of the PSS-10 were satisfactory, and convergent construct validity was confirmed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of the change scores showed that the ability of the PSS-10 to correctly classify patients as improved or unchanged according to the patients’ own judgment was acceptable. The estimates of minimal clinically important change were 11 points and 28% for absolute and relative change scores, respectively.

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CONCLUSION ': 'The Danish consensus version of the PSS-10 appears to be feasible for use in clinical research settings and has good psychometric properties in terms of agreement, reliability, validity, responsiveness, and interpretability.

SN - 0355-3140 ER -