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. 2022 Mar 17;12:309–322. doi: 10.1016/j.ibneur.2022.03.005

Table 2.

The mst common diagnostic tools used in clinical settings and the SSA countries where use of these tools have been reported.

Diagnostic Tool Countries Reported References
Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ) Burundi, Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (De Jong, 1996, Rumble, 1996, Patel, 1997, Uwakwe, 2000, Youngmann, 2008, Hanlon et al., 2008, Stewart et al., 2009, Chipimo and Fylkesnes, 2010, Scholte, 2011, Rivet-Duval et al., 2011, Nakimuli-Mpungu, 2012, Bahadur Thapa, 2014, Weobong, 2014, Familiar, 2016, Netsereab, 2018, Slekiene and Mosler, 2019)
Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) Burkina Faso, Cote D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Cong, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Adewuya, 2008, Kinyanda, 2011, Kamau, 2012, Igwe, 2013, Umubyeyi, 2014, Dialé, 2015, Duthé, 2016, Kwobah, 2017, Howlett, 2018, Tang, 2019)
Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, (Bertschy et al., 1992, Ndetei, 2009, Gaynes, 2012, Koyanagi, 2017, Cristóbal-Narváez et al., 2020, Mughal, 2020)
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Ethiopia,Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zambia (Nubukpo and Preux, 2004, Bernatsky et al., 2007, Kessler, 2007, Chipimo and Fylkesnes, 2010, Scholte, 2011, Bitew, 2014; Mwape et al., 2016; Dabilgou et al.,2019; Rodriques and Pieters, 2019)
Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HCSL) Benin, Botswana, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Siwerra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia (Bolton, 2001, Bolton et al., 2002, Kaaya, 2002, Adewuya et al., 2006, Ventevogel, 2007, Bass, 2008; Weobong et al., 2009; Vinck and Pham, 2010; Guptaet al., 2010; Ertl et al., 2011; Sheikh et al., 2016; Bah et al., 2020)
Becks Depression and Anxiety Scales Botswana, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, Zambia (Berard et al., 1998, Ndetei, 2009, Lawler, 2011, Dialé, 2015, Mossie et al., 2016, Musyimi, 2017, Tang, 2019, Mughal, 2020)
PHQ-9 Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, (Bindt et al.,; Kaaya et al., 2002; Adewuya, 2006, Adewuya et al., 2006; Weobong et al., 2009; Ertl et al., 2011; Gaynes et al., 2012; Gelaye et al., 2013; Yotebieng et al., 2017; Audet et al., 2018; Duko et al., 2018; Osok et al., 2018; Halsted et al., 2019; Secor et al., 2020; Ngasa et al., 2017)
Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) Benin, Burundi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guuinea, South Africa, Zambia, Gambia, Kenya, Senegal, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Zambia (Myer, 2008, Chishinga, 2011, Klis, 2011, Nakimuli-Mpungu, 2012, Othieno, 2014, Mughal, 2020)