[
    {
        "id": "osp-10658",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Arabic Translation, Validation and Cultural Adaptation of the 7-Item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in Two Community Samples",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Alhadi",
                "given": "Ahmad N."
            },
            {
                "family": "Alarabi",
                "given": "Mohammed A."
            },
            {
                "family": "Shuqdar",
                "given": "Abdulaziz T."
            },
            {
                "family": "M.",
                "given": "Raafat"
            },
            {
                "family": "Alsuwaidan",
                "given": "Mohammad T."
            },
            {
                "family": "McIntyre",
                "given": "Roger S."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/arabic-translation-validation-and-cultural-adaptation-of-the-7-item-hamilton-depression-rating-scale-in-two-community-samples",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "18",
        "issue": "2",
        "page": "e167-172",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.2018.18.02.008",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: Depression is a common mental disorder, the severity of which is frequently assessed via interview-based clinical scales such as the 7-item Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD-7). The current study aimed to translate and examine the validity of an Arabic version of the HAMD-7 scale. Methods: This study took place between February and March 2016 in the Psychiatry Department of King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The HAMD-7 scale was translated into Arabic using forward and backward translation methods. A total of 153 Arabic speakers were recruited to test the translated scale, including 57 medical students and 96 members of the general public. The Arabic version of the HAMD-7 scale was completed by trained investigators during face-toface interviews with the participants. In order to assess convergent validity, participants also completed an Arabicversion of the self-assessed Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scale. Subsequently, the test-retest reliability of the translated HAMD-7 scale was evaluated two weeks later during a second interview. Results: Overall, HAMD-7 scores were positively correlated with PHQ-9 scores (r = 0.633–0.749). Moreover, the translated HAMD-7 scale proved to be reliable in terms of test-retest reliability (intra-class correlation coefficient: 0.807; P"
    }
]