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

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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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Acknowledgments

This research was support by grant R01 MH58240 from the National Institute of Mental Health and by the Veterans Administration Health Services Research & Development program. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Parts of this paper were presented at the 2006 conference of the American Public Health Association. The authors thank the clinical programs that participated in this research.

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  1. Health Policy & Management Department, Boston University School of Public Health Center for Health Quality, Outcomes & Economic Research (CHQOER), Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, 200 Springs Road (152), Bedford, MA, 01730, USA

    Susan V. Eisen PhD & Mark E. Glickman PhD

  2. Department of Math and Statistics, Boston University, 111 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Pradipta Seal MS

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance, 1493 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA

    Dharma E. Cortés PhD

  4. Center for Organization, Leadership & Management Research (COLMR 152M), VA Boston Healthcare System, 150 S. Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA, 02130, USA

    Mariana Gerena-Melia PhD

  5. UC Davis School of Medicine, Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD), University of California, 2921 Stockton Blvd, Suite 1400, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA

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  6. University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, 00936-5067, USA

    Vivian E. Febo San Miguel PhD

  7. University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR, 00936-5067, USA

    Jesús Soto-Espinosa PhD

  8. College of Science & Math, California State University, Fresno, 5241 N. Maple Ave., Fresno, CA, 93740, USA

    Cristina Magaña PhD

  9. Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR, 00936-5067, USA

    Glorisa Canino PhD

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Eisen, S.V., Seal, P., Glickman, M.E. et al. Psychometric Properties of the Spanish BASIS-24© Mental Health Survey. J Behav Health Serv Res 37, 124–143 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-009-9170-6

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