S. M. Yasir Arafat|Syed Faheem Shams|Md. Hafizur Rahman Chowdhury|E. Chowdhury|Mohima Benojir Hoque|Mohammad Abdul Bari
Adaptation and Validation of the Bangla Version of the Depression Literacy Questionnaire
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University|ASA University Bangladesh|Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University|Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University|ASA University Bangladesh|ASA University Bangladesh
background depression common recurrent disorder linked reduced quality life morbidity mortalitybangladesh densely populated developing country literacy depression huge population must need cope depressive disorder burdenobjective aimed adapt validate bangla version depression literacy questionnaire lit bangla assessment status knowledge regarding depressionmethod validation study conducted department public health asa university bangladeshdata collected may 2016 july 2016 194 students selfreporting final bangla version dlit questionnaire obtained standard adaptation proceduresamples selected convenient sampling data analyzed statistical package social science spss 160 microsoft excel 2010 version softwareresult cronbachs 077 reflects internal consistency reliabilityafter varimax rotation form factor analysisonly one factor extracted factor analysis revealed significant commonalities items conclusion 20 items dlitbangla psychometrically valid used researches well clinical settings