From: Depression in Aboriginal men in central Australia: adaptation of the Patient Health Questionnaire 9
“Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by feeling bad about yourself- or that you are a failure or you have let yourself or your family down?” | |||
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Language | Back translation 1 | Back translation 2 | Within language consensus |
Arrernte | I can’t do it, I have feelings that are no-good | How are your feelings? Are you thinking hard about your feelings? | Have you been feeling useless, no good, that you can’t do anything? |
Pitjantjatjara | Do you think that you are a bad person and you have ruined everything for you and your family? | Do you think that you are a no good person? | Have you been feeling you were a bad person and you ruin everything for you and your family? |
Anmatyerre | I feel sick physically or with emotional sadness, loneliness and depression. | Are you feeling sad because you are a bad person? | Have you been feeling bad about yourself, sad and depressed, that you are no good? |
Warlpiri | I feel bad about myself and about my family because I let them down. | I feel really tired and bad. I want to walk away from people and family. | Do you feel bad about yourself and about your family because you let them down? |
Luritja | Has your spirit been feeling no good? | How is your thinking? Are you thinking bad things? | Has your spirit been feeling no-good? |
Final adaptation | “Have you been feeling bad about yourself, that you are useless, no good, that you have let your family down?” |