24 Stressed means you are feeling tense and under pressure Feeling stressed? Q20 25 Please translate as anxious” if this is not possible in a given language nervous” can be used instead. “feeling “feeling Feeling anxious? Q21 26 This is clear no elaboration required – Feeling sad? Q22 27 This should be translated as depressed” it is designed to mean a transient symptom rather than clinical “Feeling Feeling depressed? depression therefore please do not translate this just as Q23 “Depression” 28 Please check that you have Please check here means make sure”. “please ticked one box for each question before going onto the The expression one box” can be changed to the most appropriate instruction for your country for instance “ticked – next page. one box” if that is more idiomatic. “checked 29 Please check that you have Please check here means make sure”. “please ticked one box for each question. The expression one box” can be changed to the most appropriate instruction for your country for instance “ticked – one box” if that is more idiomatic. “checked 30 Thank you for completing the This is clear no elaboration required – questionnaire.
24 Q20 Feeling stressed? Stressed means you are feeling tense and under pressure 25 Q21 Feeling anxious? Please translate as “feeling anxious” if this is not possible in a given language “feeling nervous” can be used instead. 26 Q22 Feeling sad? This is clear – no elaboration required 27 Q23 Feeling depressed? This should be translated as “Feeling depressed” it is designed to mean a transient symptom rather than clinical depression therefore please do not translate this just as “Depression” 28 Please check that you have ticked one box for each question before going onto the next page. Please check here means “please make sure”. The expression “ticked one box” can be changed to the most appropriate instruction for your country – for instance “checked one box” if that is more idiomatic. 29 Please check that you have ticked one box for each question. Please check here means “please make sure”. The expression “ticked one box” can be changed to the most appropriate instruction for your country – for instance “checked one box” if that is more idiomatic. 30 Thank you for completing the questionnaire. This is clear – no elaboration required
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