Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Qual Life Res. 2024 Aug;33(8):2145-2150. doi: 10.1007/s11136-024-03695-z. Epub 2024 Jun 5.
The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale represents an internationally established inventory to assess population mental well-being. Particularly the short form (SWEMWBS) is recommended for use in Mental Health Surveillance. In the present study, we present normative data of the SWEMWBS for the German adult population.
Data from the telephone survey German Health Update (GEDA) in 2022 representative of the German adult population (48.9% women, 18-98 years) was processed to estimate SWEMWBS percentile norm values, T-values, z-values and internationally comparable logit-transformed raw scores for the total sample (N = 5,606) as well as stratified by sex, age group and sex with age group combinations.
The average mental well-being was comparable to that of other European countries at M = 27.3 (SD = 4.0; logit-transformed: M = 24.79, SD = 3.73). To provide a benchmark, the cut off for low well-being was set at the 15th percentile (raw score: 23; logit-transformed: 20.73), for high well-being at the 85th percentile (raw score: 32; logit-transformed: 29.31).
The present study provides SWEMWBS norm values for the German adult population. The normative data can be used for national and international comparisons on a population level to initiate, plan and evaluate mental well-being promotion and prevention measures.
华威-爱丁堡心理健康量表（The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale）是一种国际上公认的评估人群心理健康的量表。特别是其短式量表（SWEMWBS）被推荐用于心理健康监测。本研究旨在为德国成年人群提供 SWEMWBS 的常模数据。
对 2022 年德国健康更新（German Health Update，GEDA）电话调查的代表性德国成年人群（女性占 48.9%，年龄 18-98 岁）的数据进行处理，以估计 SWEMWBS 百分位常模值、T 值、z 值以及总样本（N=5606）以及按性别、年龄组和性别与年龄组组合分层的国际可比对数转换原始分数。
平均心理健康水平与其他欧洲国家相当，M=27.3（SD=4.0；对数转换：M=24.79，SD=3.73）。为了提供一个基准，将低幸福感的截断点设定在第 15 百分位（原始分数：23；对数转换：20.73），将高幸福感的截断点设定在第 85 百分位（原始分数：32；对数转换：29.31）。
本研究为德国成年人群提供了 SWEMWBS 常模数据。这些常模数据可用于国家和国际人群水平的比较，以启动、规划和评估心理健康促进和预防措施。
