Urdu translation and validation of clinically useful anxiety outcome scale in Pakistan: ‘an observational study’ Authors Yasmeen Wajid National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan Humaira Jami National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan Aisha Zubair National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan Arooj Mujeeb National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.01111 Abstract Objective: To translate and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Clinically Useful Anxiety Outcome Scale on Urdu-speaking population. Method: The observational validation study was conducted in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan, from January 2018 to December 2019 in two phases. In the first phase, the Clinically Useful Anxiety Outcome Scale was forward and backward translated, while in the second phase, the translated scale was validated on a human sample comprising subjects in clinical and nonclinical settings. Item-to-total correlation, internal consistency and test-retest reliabilities were checked with inter-group comparisons. To find out the level of language equivalence between the original and the translated versions, a separate sample of bilingual participants was raised. Data was analysed using SPSS 22. Continue Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-05-10 How to Cite Yasmeen Wajid, Humaira Jami, Aisha Zubair, & Arooj Mujeeb. (2022). Urdu translation and validation of clinically useful anxiety outcome scale in Pakistan: ‘an observational study’. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(5), 832–838. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.01111 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 72 No. 5 (2022): MAY Section RESEARCH ARTICLE