KINGSTON SCALES IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Kingston Scales Institute
FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF SENIORS’ MENTAL HEALTH


The current translations of the Kingston Scales are free to download by clicking on the scale titles below.


All of the Kingston Scales, KSCAr, BriefKSCAr, mini-KSCAr, KSBA(com), KSBA(ltc), and KCSS, are available in French. However, separate normative data are as yet unavailable. Clinicians are urged to use caution when applying the English norms, and those interested are invited to share any data with the authors. It should also be noted that the Kingston Scales are available in Hebrew, thanks to the work of Dr. Jeremia Heinik of Tel Aviv, and the KCSS is available also in Greek and Chinese. New translations are welcomed.


FRENCH


The authors would like to recognize the diligent work of the following contributors, who made the French translations possible.


Version Française:Traduit par Dr. P.N. Prince et Dr. P. Cappeliez avec permission du Dr. R. Hopkins

Révisée 2004 par Dr. P. Parenteau

Révisée 2009 par Dr. V. Parent

       

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GREEK


The authors would like to recognize the diligent work of Christina Kallergi and Artemis Pitsikali of the University of Athens, Greece for making the Greek translation possible.


Pitsikali, A., Galanakis, M., Varvogli, L., Darviri, C.  (2015) Kingston Caregiver Stress Scale (KCSS) Greek Validation on Dementia  Caregiver Sample. Psychology, 6, 1180-1186.





HEBREW


The authors would like to recognize the diligent work of Dr. Jeremiah Heinik of the University of Tel Aviv, and Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel who made the Hebrew translations possible.









CHINESE (Taiwan)


The authors would like to recognize the diligent work of Cora Tseng, Taipei City Government, Department of Health, R.O.C, for making the Chinese translations possible.












URDU


The authors would like to recognize the diligent work of Mobeen Fatima, of Pakistan for making the Urdu translation of the KCSS possible.








ROMANIAN


The authors would like to recognize the diligent work of Claudia I. Iacob & Ema Stroe (Department of Psychology,  University of Bucharest, Romania) who translated the KCSS into Romanian.








BURMESE


The authors would like to recognize the diligent work of Dr. Htein Lin,  University of Medicine, Mandalay, Myanmar) who translated the KCSS into Burmese.