TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement properties of the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) validation studies
T2 - a systematic review protocol
AU - ElKhalil, Rouwida
AU - AlMekkawi, Mohamad
AU - O'Connor, Matt
AU - Sherif, Moustafa
AU - Masuadi, Emad
AU - Ahmed, Luai A.
AU - Al-Rifai, Rami H.
AU - Belfakir, Messaouda
AU - Bayoumi, Rasha
AU - Elbarazi, Iffat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024.
PY - 2024/4/2
Y1 - 2024/4/2
N2 - Introduction Mental Health Literacy (MHL) is important for improving mental health and reducing inequities in treatment. The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) is a valid and reliable assessment tool for MHL. This systematic review will examine and compare the measurement properties of the MHLS in different languages, enabling academics, clinicians and policymakers to make informed judgements regarding its use in assessments. Methods and analysis The review will adhere to the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) methodology for systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Manual for Evidence Synthesis and will be presented following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis 2020 checklist. The review will be conducted in four stages, including an initial search confined to PubMed, a search of electronic scientific databases PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, MEDLINE, Embase (Elsevier), PubMed (NLM) and ERIC, an examination of the reference lists of all papers to locate relevant publications and finally contacting the MHLS original author to identify validation studies that the searches will not retrieve. These phases will assist us in locating studies that evaluate the measurement properties of MHLS across various populations, demographics and contexts. The search will focus on articles published in English between May 2015 and December 2023. The methodological quality of the studies will be evaluated using the COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist, and a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative data synthesis will be performed. Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required. The publication will be in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.
AB - Introduction Mental Health Literacy (MHL) is important for improving mental health and reducing inequities in treatment. The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) is a valid and reliable assessment tool for MHL. This systematic review will examine and compare the measurement properties of the MHLS in different languages, enabling academics, clinicians and policymakers to make informed judgements regarding its use in assessments. Methods and analysis The review will adhere to the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) methodology for systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures and the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Manual for Evidence Synthesis and will be presented following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis 2020 checklist. The review will be conducted in four stages, including an initial search confined to PubMed, a search of electronic scientific databases PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus, MEDLINE, Embase (Elsevier), PubMed (NLM) and ERIC, an examination of the reference lists of all papers to locate relevant publications and finally contacting the MHLS original author to identify validation studies that the searches will not retrieve. These phases will assist us in locating studies that evaluate the measurement properties of MHLS across various populations, demographics and contexts. The search will focus on articles published in English between May 2015 and December 2023. The methodological quality of the studies will be evaluated using the COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist, and a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative data synthesis will be performed. Ethics and dissemination Ethics approval is not required. The publication will be in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.
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U2 - 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081394
DO - 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081394
M3 - Article
C2 - 38569702
AN - SCOPUS:85189691431
SN - 2044-6055
VL - 14
JO - BMJ Open
JF - BMJ Open
IS - 4
M1 - e081394
ER -