Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Danish consensus version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale

• Main Authors: Anita Eskildsen, Vita Ligaya Dalgaard, Kent Jacob Nielsen, Johan H Andersen, Robert Zachariae, Lis Raabæk Olsen, Anders Jørgensen, David Høyrup Christiansen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH) 2015-09-01
• Series: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
• Subjects: reliability; occupational stress; agreement; denmark; work-related stress; validation; perceived stress scale; pss-10; cross-cultural adaption; responsiveness; psychometric properties; minimal detectable change; minimal clinically important change; danish translation
• Online Access: https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=3510

OBJECTIVES: The aims of the present study were to (i) cross-culturally adapt a Danish consensus version of the 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and (ii) evaluate its psychometric properties in terms of agreement, reliability, validity, responsiveness, and interpretability among patients with work-related stress complaints. METHODS: A consensus-building process was performed involving the authors of the three previous Danish translations and the consensus version was back-translated into English and pilot-tested. Psychometric properties of the final version were examined in a sample of 64 patients with work-related stress complaints. RESULTS: The face validity, reliability, and internal consistency of the Danish consensus version of the PSS-10 were satisfactory, and convergent construct validity was confirmed. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves of the change scores showed that the ability of the PSS-10 to correctly classify patients as improved or unchanged according to the patients’ own judgment was acceptable. The estimates of minimal clinically important change were 11 points and 28% for absolute and relative change scores, respectively. CONCLUSION: The Danish consensus version of the PSS-10 appears to be feasible for use in clinical research settings and has good psychometric properties in terms of agreement, reliability, validity, responsiveness, and interpretability.