Psychometric and screening properties of the WHO‐5 well‐being index in adult outpatients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

The WHO-5 index is a short, psychometrically sound measure of emotional well-being that appears suitable for use as screening test for likely depression in outpatients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes Attitudes, Wishes and Needs Second Study (DAWN2): Understanding Diabetes-Related Psychosocial Outcomes for Canadians with Diabetes

“…Respondents were from all of the 10 provinces of Canada, and the distribution of participants matched the population distribution, i.e. the greatest number of participants were from Ontario (219), followed by Quebec (82), British Columbia (64), Alberta (43), Nova Scotia (30), Manitoba (25), New Brunswick (18), Newfoundland (8), Saskatchewan (5), Prince Edward Island (3) and the Northwest Territories (1). Provinces were collapsed into regions to allow for post hoc exploratory analysis of regional differences in selected measures.…”

Propiedades psicométricas del Índice de Bienestar General-5 de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en pacientes parcialmente edéntulos

“…Los hallazgos de Guethmundsdottir et al (34) en Islandia y del presente estudio se dieron en pacientes pertenecientes a centros de cuidado primario y sistémicamente sanos, mientras que el estudio de Hajos et al (32) en Holanda, al aplicar el instrumento en inglés, fue realizado en pacientes con diabetes mellitus (DM). Así, la existencia de una enfermedad sistémica crónica puede suponer un mejor desempeño del instrumento, debido a que el deterioro a la integridad física, y por tanto el cambio en el bienestar emocional causado por la DM, puede ser fácilmente detectable, evidenciando así la adecuada validez de constructo de la escala (5).…”

Identifying the worries and concerns about hypoglycemia in adults with type 2 diabetes

“…Psychosocial measures included the World Health Organization-5 (WHO-5), a 5-item scale that assesses well-being (alpha = .86) [11]; the Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS), which assesses worries and concerns specifically related to diabetes and its management and has been shown to be a good marker of diabetes-related QOL (alpha = .93) [12]; the 7-item Generalized Anxiety…”