FACTORIAL VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF THE SIMPLIFIED-CHINESE VERSION OF SNAITHHAMILTON PLEASURE SCALE: A STUDY AMONG DEPRESSED PATIENTS AT AN OUT-PATIENT CLINIC IN MALAYSIA

The snaith-hamilton pleasure scale (shaps) is a self-assessment scale designed to evaluate anhedonia in various psychiatric disorders. to facilitate its use in malaysian settings, our current study aimed to examine the validity of the simplified-chinese translated version of the shaps (shaps-sc) in a group of subjects at a university out-patient clinic. method: a total of 40 depressed patients were recruited in this cross sectional study. they were given both the simplified chinese and malay versions of shaps, general health questionnaire 12 (ghq-12) and beck depression inventory (bdi) to assess their hedonic state, general mental health condition and level of depression. results: our study showed that shaps-sc had impressive internal consistency (cronbach’s alpha 0.84) and concurrent validity, and fair parallel-forms reliability (pearson’s correlation 0.39). conclusion: shaps-sc demonstrated good psychometric properties in the evaluation of hedonic state among a group of chinese speaking depressed patients in an out-patient setting. it is easy to administer and suitable as a valid and reliable questionnaire in assessing anhedonia among depressed patients in malaysia