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Acronym
ISMI

Description
A measure of subjective experience of stigma. Items in the scale are grouped thematically a priori into five sub-scales that measure: Alienation (A), Stereotype Endorsement (SE), Perceived Discrimination (PD), Social Withdrawal (SW), and Stigma Resistance (SR).

Area of assessment
Beliefs, Mental health, Perception.

Condition
Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Kira, I. A. 2015 18 - 76 Both refugees in health clinic United States
 330

Acronym
LMUP

Description
Measures the degree of intention of a current or recent pregnancy. The LMUP can be used to evaluate family planning or preconception care programs.

Area of assessment
Beliefs, Knowledge/attitude, Perception.

Condition
Obstetric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Almaghaslah, E. 2017 15 - 49 Female women who were ever-pregnant and of childbearing Saudi Arabia
 796

Acronym
MARS

Description
Assesses both beliefs and barriers to medication adherence

Area of assessment
Behavior, Beliefs.

Condition
Medication.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Alsous, M. 2017 19 - 69 Both parents Jordan
 258

Acronym
PAPA

Description
A survey instrument that measures the factors influencing the overuse of antibiotics in children. It includes: 9 items in the demographics section, 4 items in the childs history section, 20 items in the knowledge section, 12 items in the behaviors section, and 13 items in the perceptions (attitudes and beliefs) section.

Area of assessment
Behavior, Beliefs, Knowledge/attitude, Perception.

Condition
Infectious disease, Medication.

Age Group
Child/adolescent- 0-19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Alumran, A. 2013 experts in areas including pediatrics, infectious disease, epidemiology, psychology and counseling, social sciences, and emergency medicine Saudi Arabia

Acronym
SSEIT

Description
A tool for measuring general Emotional Intelligence (EI), using four sub-scales: emotion perception, utilizing emotions, managing self- relevant emotions, and managing others’ emotions.

Area of assessment
Behavior, Beliefs, Knowledge/attitude, Perception, Satisfaction/patient experience.

Condition
Health, Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Naeem, N. 2015 17 - 28 Both students Saudi Arabia
 467

Acronym
SCOFF

Description
A screening instrument for detecting eating disorders.Five questions address core features of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa,

Area of assessment
anxiety, Behavior, Beliefs, Cognitive function, Mental health, Nutrition, Perception, Screening/risk.

Condition
Psychiatric.

Age Group
Other

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Aoun, A. 2015 15 - 55 Female patients visiting primary care clinic Lebanon
 123

Acronym
Not available

Description
This culturally specific instrument contributes to the evaluation of the provision of spiritual care by Jordanian Muslim nurses to their patients, to guide them in providing a comprehensive and appropriate spiritual care interventions and to examine the effect of spiritual care on various aspects of patient's quality of life

Area of assessment
Beliefs, Mental health, Satisfaction/patient experience, Social, Spirituality / religion.

Condition
Nursing.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Musa, A. S. 2016 Both Arab Muslim nurses Jordan
 360

Acronym
OBQ-44

Description
A measure of beliefs considered important in the development and maintenance of obsessive–compulsive disorder.

Area of assessment
Beliefs, Mental health.

Condition
Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Rahat M 2012 18 - 30 Both healthy students Kuwait
 200

Acronym
TAS-20

Description
The Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) is a 20-item self-report scale assessing emotional and social competency impairments like difficulty identifying feelings (DIF), difficulty describing feelings (DDF) and externally-oriented thinking (EOT).

Area of assessment
Behavior, Beliefs, Function/disability/performance, Mental health.

Condition
Health, Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
El Abiddine, F. Z. 2017 young adults Both healthy Algeria
Canada
Oman
Palestine
 4441

Acronym
IPQ-R

Description
A quantitative measurement of the components of illness representations, as described by Leventhal’s Common-Sense Model (CSM) of selfregulation (Leventhal et al 1984, 1997). It is divided into three sections: identity subscale (14 symptoms), causal subscale (18 causes), and a third section which contains 7 subscales, including consequences, timeline acute/chronic and cyclical, personal and treatment control/cure, illness coherence, and emotional representations.

Area of assessment
Beliefs, Perception.

Condition
Cardiovascular, Gastroenterology, Geriatric, Health, Hematology, Infectious disease, Metabolic /endocrine, Neurology, Oncology, Orthopedic /rheumatology, Palliative, Psychiatric, Pulmonary, Renal.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Aberkane, S 2017 43.9 Both Patients with chronic illnesses Algeria
 316

Acronym
GMS

Description
A scale to assess lay beliefs about generic medicines. Uses 16-item that intend to evaluate patients' beliefs towards generic drugs. Items 1–10 in the questionnaire measure patients' beliefs in the drug's efficacy, while items 11–16 measure patients' beliefs in similarity of generic drugs.

Area of assessment
Beliefs.

Condition
Medication.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Alefan, Q. 2017 Both Patients Saudi Arabia
 225

Acronym
DFS

Description
A measure of diabetes fatalism (perceptions of despair, hopelessness, and powerlessness) . It consists of 12 items conceptualized in three subscales: 1) emotional distress (despair); 2) religious and spiritual coping (hopelessness); and 3) perceived self-efficacy (powerlessness)

Area of assessment
anxiety, Beliefs, Mental health, Perception.

Condition
Metabolic /endocrine, Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Sukkarieh, H.O. 2018 Both patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes for more than one year, on oral hypoglycemic pills, no psychiatric illness, and ability to read and write Arabic. Lebanon
 274

Acronym
SQ

Description
SQ gives an overview of spirituality beliefs and practices. It measures the concepts of inner-self, meaning in life and connectedness. It includes the following dimensions: self-awareness, importance of spiritual beliefs, spirituality practices, and spiritual needs

Area of assessment
Beliefs, Spirituality / religion.

Condition
Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Nawafleh, H. A. 2018 18 - 49 Both students Jordan
 1269

Acronym
AHS

Description
A measure of Snyder's cognitive model of hope which defines hope as "a positive motivational state that is based on an interactively derived sense of successful (a) agency (goal-directed energy), and (b) pathways (planning to meet goals)" (Snyder, Irving, & Anderson, 1991, p. 287).

Area of assessment
Beliefs, Mental health, Perception.

Condition
Psychiatric.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Alali, T. 2017 20 Both undergraduate Kuwait
 2000 Contact Author

Acronym
BCSBQ

Description
An instrument for assessing the beliefs, knowledge and attitudes to breast cancer and breast cancer screening practices with three main subscales: 1) Attitudes towards general health check-ups. 2) Knowledge and perceptions of breast cancer 3) Barriers to mammographic screening.

Area of assessment
Behavior, Beliefs, Knowledge/attitude.

Condition
Women's health.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Kwok, C. 2016 18 - 70 Female Arabic-Australian women Australia
 251

Acronym
BIAC

Description
A comprehensive measure of religious involvement intended for monotheistic religious traditions.

Area of assessment
Behavior, Beliefs.

Condition
Health.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Alakhdhair, S. 2016 Average age 31.9 Both Muslim 211
Rammouz, Ismail 2021 20 - 24 Both Not available 132 Not available

Acronym
SDQ

Description
The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) is a brief behavioural screening questionnaire for 3-16 year olds. It exists in several versions to meet the needs of researchers, clinicians and educationalists.

Area of assessment
Behavior, Beliefs.

Condition
Pediatric, Psychiatric.

Age Group
Child/adolescent- 0-19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Emam, M 2016 12 - 16 Both Middle school students Oman
 815

Acronym
OHBS

Description
A tool used to assess health beliefs about developing osteoporosis using the health belief model. Includes seven subscales : perceived susceptibility, perceived seriousness, perceived benefits of exercise, perceived benefits of calcium intake, perceived barriers to exercise, perceived barriers to calcium intake, and health motivation.

Area of assessment
Beliefs.

Condition
Orthopedic /rheumatology, Geriatric, Women's health.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Sahib, M. N. 2018 18 - 87 Both healthy Iraq
 300
Sayed-Hassan,R.M. 2013 20 - 51 Female Faculty of Medicine at Damascus University and two of its teaching hospitals as well as from surrounding schools around the campus Syrian Arab Republic
 100

Acronym
FES-I

Description
A measure of fear of falling through assessment of confidence in performing certain activities. The 16 items of the FES-I include the original items from the FES (a measure of confidence in performing 10 basic activities of daily living) and 6 new items that assess more demanding physical activities and social activities

Area of assessment
Beliefs, Perception.

Condition
Geriatric, Neurology, Ent.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Halaweh, H. 2016 ≥60 Both Community-dwelling elderly Palestine
 108

Acronym
BBQ

Description
The Back Beliefs Questionnaire (BBQ) is a condition specific, patient reported outcome used to measure attitudes and beliefs concerning the future consequences of LBP, with regards to recovery and return to work. The pain-related fear is may affect daily activities and the development of disability due to unsuitable representations of danger, either painful, crippling or destructive and the usefulness of the majority of treatments.

Area of assessment
Beliefs, Pain.

Condition
Orthopedic /rheumatology, Rehabilitation.

Age Group
Adult- over 19 years

Literature on Arabic translation/validation of measure
Author/link to article Publication year Population Sample Size Access to measure
Age Gender Condition Country
Maki, D. 2017 Both Patients with low back pain Bahrain
 199
Alamrani, S. 2016 43.7 Both individuals with low back pain Saudi Arabia
 115 Contact Author


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Articles last updated: December 2020