National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2011 Apr;45(4):308-16. doi: 10.3109/00048674.2010.543653. Epub 2011 Feb 21.
To present Australian normative data on the ten-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10).
Analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing, a nationally representative household survey of 8841 adults. Mean K10 scores and K10 scores at selected percentiles of the K10 score distribution are presented by sex, age, the presence of mental disorders and the presence of physical conditions. Stratum-specific likelihood ratios were computed to help clinicians and researchers calculate predicted probabilities of mental disorder given scores on the K10.
Scores on the K10 were generally higher in women compared to men, in people with a mental disorder compared to without a mental disorder and in people with affective disorders compared to people with substance use disorders. The SSLRs were informative in ruling in a diagnosis of mental disorder, particularly at the high or very high end of the psychological distress spectrum.
These data may be helpful for clinicians and researchers alike in understanding the likelihood of mental disorder in a given individual or sample.
介绍澳大利亚 10 项 Kessler 心理困扰量表（K10）的规范数据。
对 2007 年澳大利亚国家心理健康和幸福感调查的横断面数据进行分析，该调查是一项针对 8841 名成年人的全国性家庭调查。按性别、年龄、精神障碍和身体状况呈现 K10 的平均得分和 K10 得分的选定百分位。计算了分层特异性似然比，以帮助临床医生和研究人员根据 K10 的得分计算精神障碍的预测概率。
与男性相比，女性的 K10 得分普遍较高，与没有精神障碍的人相比，有精神障碍的人得分较高，与物质使用障碍的人相比，情感障碍的人得分较高。SSLRs 在判断精神障碍的诊断方面具有信息性，特别是在心理困扰谱的高或非常高端。
这些数据可能对临床医生和研究人员都有帮助，有助于了解特定个体或样本中精神障碍的可能性。
