Measures
depression, traumatic, anxiety, depression/anxiety
EVENTS
The primary outcome concerned symptoms of depression/anxiety assessed with the 25-item Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-25).Secondary outcomes included the 12-item WHODAS 2.0Other measures included past and ongoing (severe) stressors. The number of traumatic events was assessed using a 27-item checklistThe reliabilities (Cronbach’s α) at baseline were 0.93 (HSCL-25 total), 0.90 (HSCL-25 depression), 0.87 (HSCL-25 anxiety), 0.77 (WHODAS 2.0) and 0.93 (PCL-5). Arabic translations of validated measures were identified, and if unavailable translated/back-translated.