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  1. Fulltext Remote Psychological First Aid (rPFA) in the time of Covid-19: A preliminary report of the Malaysian experience
    Francis B, Juares Rizal A, Ahmad Sabki Z, Sulaiman AH
    Asian J Psychiatr, 2020 Dec;54:102240.
    PMID: 32593120 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2020.102240
  2. Fulltext Psychometric properties of the acceptance and action questionnaire (AAQ II) Malay version in cancer patients
    Shari NI, Zainal NZ, Guan NC, Ahmad Sabki Z, Yahaya NA
    PLoS One, 2019;14(2):e0212788.
    PMID: 30807594 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212788
    OBJECTIVES: Acceptance and action questionnaire (AAQ II) is a scale used to assess psychological inflexibility. The aim of this study is to translate AAQ II into Malay language and evaluate the psychometric properties of AAQ II Malay version.

    METHODS: The AAQ II which has been translated into Malay language via back translation procedure was distributed to 101 cancer patients and 100 non-cancer patients. The evaluation of psychometric properties in this study included content validity index, internal consistency, parallel reliability, exploratory factor analysis, concurrent validity, sensitivity and specificity of AAQ II Malay version.

    RESULTS: AAQ II Malay version has established good content validity index, acceptable internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha value of 0.91, excellent parallel reliability and adequate concurrent validity. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) results demonstrated AAQ II Malay version is a unidimensional factor instrument. The result of sensitivity and specificity of AAQ II Malay version indicated cancer patients who scored more than 17.5 were having significant psychological inflexibility.

    CONCLUSION: AAQ II Malay version is a reliable and valid instrument to measure psychological inflexibility among cancer patient in Malaysia.

  3. Fulltext Religious Coping, Religiosity, Depression and Anxiety among Medical Students in a Multi-Religious Setting
    Francis B, Gill JS, Yit Han N, Petrus CF, Azhar FL, Ahmad Sabki Z, et al.
    Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 01 17;16(2).
    PMID: 30658450 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16020259
    Medical students are vulnerable to depression and anxiety due to the nature of their academic life. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms among medical students and the association between religious coping, religiosity and socio-demographic factors with anxiety and depressive symptoms. A cross sectional design was used for this study. Scales used were the Malay version of the Duke Religious Index (DUREL-M), the Malay version of the Brief Religious Coping Scale (Brief RCOPE) and the Malay version Hospital and Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS-M). 622 students participated in this study. They scored moderately on the organized (mean: 3.51) and non-organized religious (mean: 3.85) subscales of the DUREL, but had high intrinsic religiosity (mean: 12.18). The prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms were 4.7% and 17.4% respectively, which is lower than local as well as international data. Islam, negative religious coping and the presence of depressive symptoms were significantly associated with anxiety symptoms. Only the presence of anxiety symptoms was significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Negative religious coping, rather than positive religious coping, has significant association with depressive and anxiety symptoms. Redirecting focus towards negative religious coping is imperative to boost mental health outcomes among medical students.
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