Assessing mental well-being in a Sinhala speaking Sri Lankan population: validation of the WHO-5 well-being index

Abstract

The Sinhala translation of WHO-5 well-being index has shown acceptable psychometric properties and can be used for assessing mental well-being in the community in Sri Lanka. Further testing of the measure with larger and diverse (including different ethnic/cultural) groups are indicated to test measurement invariance of the measure.