AUTHOR=Razki Khouloud , Zgueb Yosra , Aissa Amina , Ouali Emna Sofia , Wahabi Anis , Ouali Uta 

TITLE=Accuracy of the Personal Economic Distress Index Among Arabic Unemployed

JOURNAL=International Journal of Public Health

VOLUME=Volume 68 - 2023

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2023.1605851

DOI=10.3389/ijph.2023.1605851

ISSN=1661-8564

ABSTRACT=This study aimed to explore the reliability, factor structure, and criterion validity of the Arabic Index of Personal Economic Distress (IPED) in a sample of Tunisian unemployed .
The Arabic version of the IPED and the validated Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were administered to a total of 2011 unemployed .Principal component analysis (PCA) with confirmatory factor analysis was used. Receiver operating characteristic  analysis was conducted to assess the ability of the IPED to distinguish between unemployed individuals with no economic distress and those in distress. The correlation between  IPED and  HADS were explored.
The reliability of the Arabic version of the IPED was adequate. The PCA suggested two main components of the Arabic version of the IPED: the first component focused on financial responsibilities towards state structures and the second  focused on well-being . A statistically significant association (p=0.01; r=0.05) was found between the well-being dimension of the IPED and the Anxiety .
This validated version of the IPED is an important tool to study the impact of economic crises on the mental health of unemployed people.