Abstract
The Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry (SLJP) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal published bi annually by the Sri Lanka College of Psychiatrists.The Journal publishes original papers, brief reports including case reports and commentaries relevant to psychiatry and allied sciences. The Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry is committed to maintaining and conforming to the editorial and ethical standards recommended by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors.Cover“Perseverance”. These tenacious fishermen in Mannar continue their livelihood despite numerous difficulties. L. N. P. Samarasinghe, Acting Consultant Psychiatrist, Base Hospital Nikaweratiya, Sri Lanka.
Highlights
In psychiatry, rating scales are used widely for many purposes – to screen, diagnose, and monitor for symptoms, and for research purposes
The Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) has been validated in Sinhala to diagnose depression in out-patient settings [3]
The proposed cut-off score for the Sinhala version of the CES-D is ≥ 16 as it gives a sensitivity of 84% and specificity of 92%
Summary
In psychiatry, rating scales are used widely for many purposes – to screen, diagnose, and monitor for symptoms, and for research purposes. Local use of these scales can be limited, since they have not been culturally adapted and validated to the Sri Lankan setting. With the increased use of rating scales in current day to day practice, the need to culturally adapt and validate rating scales have increased. Increasing research in the field of psychiatry may have contributed to the increased need for validation of existing scales for the Sri Lankan setting. Our article ‘Rating scales validated for Sri Lankan Populations’ published in 2013 was an attempt to fill this void [1]. The objective of this article is to update our previous article, by examining for rating scales adapted and/or validated for the Sri Lankan population from 2013 to 2020, in the Sinhala and Tamil languages
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