Reliability and Validity of the BASIS-24© Mental Health Survey for Whites, African-Americans, and Latinos

Eisen, Susan V.; Gerena, Mariana; Ranganathan, Gayatri; Esch, David; Idiculla, Thomas

doi:10.1007/s11414-006-9025-3

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“…28 Parents completed an inventory of psychiatric symptoms, the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS), which is reliable and valid for Latinos. 29 An overall index of psychiatric symptoms was derived.…”

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Medication Adherence Among Latino and Non-Latino White Children With Asthma

McQuaid

Everhart²,

Seifer³

et al. 2012

Pediatrics

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Asthma disparities exist, with Latino children of Caribbean descent at risk for poor disease control. Controller medications reduce symptoms; however, medication adherence remains suboptimal. Identifying what factors predict poor medication adherence in at-risk groups could identify important treatment targets. WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS:This study is the first to assess objective rates of medication use among children with asthma in Puerto Rico. Findings suggest that interventions incorporating family resources and addressing parental beliefs about medications may be of benefit across cultural groups. abstract OBJECTIVE: Latino children of Caribbean descent remain at high risk for poorly controlled asthma. Controller medications improve asthma control; however, medication adherence remains suboptimal, particularly among minorities. This study assessed socioeconomic, familybased, and parent factors in medication adherence among children with asthma from Rhode Island (RI; Latino and non-Latino white [NLW]) and Puerto Rico. METHODS:Data collection occurred as part of a multicenter study of asthma disparities. Our sample included children (ages 7-16) prescribed objectively monitored controller medications (n = 277; 80 island Puerto Rico, 114 RI Latino, 83 RI NLW). Parents completed questionnaires regarding family background and beliefs about medications. Families participated in an interview regarding asthma management. Multilevel analyses (maximum likelihood estimates) accounting for children being nested within site and ethnic group assessed the contribution of social context, family, and parent variables to medication adherence. RESULTS:Medication adherence differed by ethnic group (F 2, 271 = 7.46, P , .01), with NLW families demonstrating the highest levels of adherence. Multilevel models indicated that parental beliefs about medication necessity and family organization regarding medication use were significant predictors of adherence, even for families below the poverty threshold. With family factors in the model, a substantial improvement in model fit occurred (Akaike Information Criterion change of 103.45).CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to controller medications was lower among Latino children in our sample. Targeted interventions that capitalize on existing family resources, emphasize structure, and address parental beliefs about the importance of medications may be of benefit to families from different cultural backgrounds.

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Section: Individual Parent Factorsmentioning

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Medication Adherence Among Latino and Non-Latino White Children With Asthma

McQuaid

Everhart²,

Seifer³

et al. 2012

Pediatrics

101

109

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“…48 However, the 0.90 and 0.91 values obtained in the present study are consistent with those obtained by other efforts to validate instruments in minority populations and slightly better than those obtained for English-speaking Latinos who completed the BASIS-24 © in English. 16 For example, in a study of the Psychopathy Checklist Revised, Cooke et al 39 reported NNFI=0.88 and CFI=0.92 for African Americans. Research on cross-ethnic equivalence of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale reported NNFI values of 0.92 for Mexican Americans but only 0.76 for CubanAmericans and 0.83 for Puerto Rican Americans.…”

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“…33 Scoring the instrument Following confirmation of factor structure, a weighted scoring algorithm developed from the English instrument was used to obtain subscale and overall mean scores. 16 The weighted scoring algorithm is a linear approximation based on a graded response Item Response Theory model. 17 Assessing reliability and validity of the instrument Reliability and validity analyses were conducted separately for inpatient and outpatient samples.…”

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“…The Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale is a multi-dimensional self-report mental health assessment instrument developed and validated in English 16,17 and recently adapted and translated into Spanish. 18 This instrument assesses six domains of psychiatric symptoms and mental health function: depression/functioning, interpersonal relationships, self-harm, emotional lability, psychotic symptoms, and substance abuse.…”

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Psychometric Properties of the Spanish BASIS-24© Mental Health Survey

Eisen

Seal

Glickman

et al. 2009

J Behav Health Serv Res

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To assess mental health status among Latinos, culturally and linguistically appropriate instruments are needed. The purpose of this study was to assess psychometric properties and sensitivity of the Spanish revised Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-24), a self-report mental health assessment instrument first developed and validated in English. The Spanish translation was field tested among Spanish-speaking recipients of inpatient (N = 283) or outpatient (N = 311) mental health services in Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, and California. BASIS-24 was completed within 72 h of admission and up to 48 h before discharge (for inpatients) or at intake and 30-60 days later for outpatients. Confirmatory factor analysis indicated adequate fit for the model obtained from the English instrument. Internal consistency reliability exceeded 0.70 for five of the six factors. Concurrent and discriminant validity were partially supported. Improvement following treatment was statistically significant, with small to moderate effect sizes.

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“…The first sample consisted of the subset of self-identified Latinos among a cohort of Englishspeaking inpatients and outpatients receiving mental health or substance abuse treatment at programs across the U.S. The BASIS-24 assessments were made at the start of the study, with data collected -2002(Eisen et al 2006. A total of 370 BASIS-24 assessments were available for our study.…”

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A non-parametric Bayesian diagnostic for detecting differential item functioning in IRT models

Glickman

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Eisen

2009

Health Serv Outcomes Res Method

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Differential item functioning (DIF) in tests and multi-item surveys occurs when a lack of conditional independence exists between the response to one or more items and membership to a particular group, given equal levels of proficiency. We develop an approach to detecting DIF in the context of item response theory (IRT) models based on computing a diagnostic which is the posterior mean of a p-value. IRT models are fit in a Bayesian framework, and simulated proficiency parameters from the posterior distribution are retained. Monte Carlo estimates of the p-value diagnostic are then computed by comparing the fit of nonparametric regressions of item responses on simulated proficiency parameters and group membership. Some properties of our approach are examined through a simulation experiment. We apply our method to the analysis of responses from two separate studies to the BASIS-24, a widely used self-report mental health assessment instrument, to examine DIF between the English and Spanish-translated version of the survey.

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Reliability and Validity of the BASIS-24© Mental Health Survey for Whites, African-Americans, and Latinos

Cited by 95 publications

References 33 publications

Medication Adherence Among Latino and Non-Latino White Children With Asthma

Medication Adherence Among Latino and Non-Latino White Children With Asthma

Psychometric Properties of the Spanish BASIS-24© Mental Health Survey

A non-parametric Bayesian diagnostic for detecting differential item functioning in IRT models

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