Adaptation and testing of psychosocial assessment instruments for cross-cultural use: an example from the Thailand Burma border

Table 4 Step 2 Criterion Validity

	Total sample (N = 158)				Total males (N = 82)			Total females (N = 76)
	Score range max-min	Cases^a(median)	Non-cases^a(median)	Difference (p-value)^b	Cases^a(median)	Non-cases^a(median)	Difference (p-value)^b	Cases^a(median)	Non-cases^a(median)	Difference (p-value)^b
All depression symptoms score (median)	0-62	12	14	-2 (0.41)	10.5	14	-3.5 (0.36)	17	15	2 (0.87)
All trauma symptoms score, median	0-93	16	16	0 (0.47)	14.5	16	-1.5 (0.3)	19	17	2 (0.93)

^a‘Cases’ refers to participants who were said by a key informant familiar with their history to have the problem. ‘Non-Cases’ refers to survivors who were said by such a key informant to NOT have the problem.
^b p value for the statistical significance of the difference in scale scores by caseness, based on mean comparison T-tests.

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