Table 2 Adaptations to the CDES and the PHQ-9 in both sites
Assessment | Kyangwali, Uganda | Gihembe, Rwanda |
|---|---|---|
CDES | Two new items were added to the CDES: ‘Have a problem with income that often causes stress?’ (Una shida na mapato inakuleteya mafikiri?) and ‘Have a problem with people not taking care of you?’ (Una shida nawatu wasiokujalia?) | One new item was added to list of stressors assessed: ‘Have a problem with firewood/fuel briquettes that often causes you stress?’ (Ese ufite ikibazo cy’ibicanwa kigutera kenshi guhangayika?) |
Item 8, the phrasing of the CDES was changed from 'local population' to 'people where you live' | Item 8, the phrasing of the CDES was changed from 'local population' to 'people where you live' | |
PHQ-9 | Item 2, the Congolese Swahili phrasing ‘Feeling very bad about yourself or hopeless’ (Uliwayi kujisikiya mubaya sana au kukata tama) was used for ‘depressed’ | Item 2, the Kinyarwanda phrasing ‘disorder/illness of severe and persistent sadness’ (indwara y'agahinda gakabije) was chosen to capture ‘feeling down/depressed’ |
|  | Item 7, ‘Trouble concentrating on things such as reading newspaper and watching television’ was amended to incorporate more relevant examples—specifically ‘listening to radio or caring for family’ |