scholarly journals Standardised Assessment of Personality – Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): Preliminary validation of a brief screen for personality disorder

2003 ◽  
Vol 183 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Moran ◽  
Morven Leese ◽  
Tennyson Lee ◽  
Paul Walters ◽  
Graham Thornicroft ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Test Retest Reliability ◽  
Screening Interview ◽  
Brief Screening

BackgroundThere is a need for a brief and simple screen for personality disorders that can be used in routine psychiatric assessments.AimsTo test the concurrent validity and test–retest reliability of a brief screen for personality disorder.MethodSixty psychiatric patients were administered a brief screening interview for personality disorder. On the same day, they were interviewed with an established assessment for DSM–IV personality disorder. Three weeks later, the brief screening interview was repeated in order to examine test–retest reliability.ResultsA score of 3 on the screening interview correctly identified the presence of DSM–IV personality disorder in 90% of participants. The sensitivity and specificity were 0.94 and 0.85 respectively.ConclusionsThe study provides preliminary evidence of the usefulness of the screen in routine clinical settings.

The Iowa Personality Disorder Screen: Development and Preliminary Validation of a Brief Screening Interview

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas R. Langbehn ◽  
Bruce M. Pfohl ◽  
Sarah Reynolds ◽  
Lee Anna Clark ◽  
Marco Battaglia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
Screening Interview ◽  
Brief Screening

scholarly journals Pain Catastrophizing Scale for Francophone Adolescents: A Preliminary Validation

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Tremblay ◽  
Yves Beaulieu ◽  
Annie Bernier ◽  
Geert Crombez ◽  
Simon Laliberté ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Pain Catastrophizing ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Pain Catastrophizing Scale ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
French Version ◽  
Preliminary Validation ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

BACKGROUND: In adults, it is well known that high levels of pain catastrophizing are related to increased pain and disability as well as to heightened anxiety and depression. However, due to the lack of a measure of pain catastrophizing adapted for francophone adolescents, little is known about the role of catastrophizing in this population.OBJECTIVES: To adapt the French version of the Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and to examine the psychometric properties and factorial structure of the PCS for Francophone Adolescents (PCS-Ado).METHODS: The French version of the PCS was modified by a group of experts. The format of the questions was modified to be appropriate for adolescents aged between 12 and 18 years. To assess the psychometric properties of the PCS-Ado, 345 adolescents completed the PCS-Ado and questionnaires measuring depression, anxiety and intensity of pain. Twelve to 16 weeks later, participants completed the questionnaires again to examine the test-retest reliability of the PCS-Ado.RESULTS: Results revealed a three-factor solution similar to the original PCS. In addition, results revealed that PCS-Ado had good internal consistency (PCS-Ado total: 0.85; rumination: 0.72; magnification: 0.66; helplessness: 0.74), and high test-retest reliability (r=0.73). Finally, significant correlations among catastrophizing, depression, anxiety and pain intensity support the construct validity of the PCS-Ado.CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that the PCS-Ado is valid and reliable with francophone adolescents. Further research is required to assess the validity of the PCS-Ado in clinical settings.

Test-Retest Reliability of a Self-Report Questionnaire for DSM-IV and ICD-10 Personality Disorders

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Ottosson ◽  
Martin Grann ◽  
Gunnar Kullgren
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Anxiety State ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Summary: Short-term stability or test-retest reliability of self-reported personality traits is likely to be biased if the respondent is affected by a depressive or anxiety state. However, in some studies, DSM-oriented self-reported instruments have proved to be reasonably stable in the short term, regardless of co-occurring depressive or anxiety disorders. In the present study, we examined the short-term test-retest reliability of a new self-report questionnaire for personality disorder diagnosis (DIP-Q) on a clinical sample of 30 individuals, having either a depressive, an anxiety, or no axis-I disorder. Test-retest scorings from subjects with depressive disorders were mostly unstable, with a significant change in fulfilled criteria between entry and retest for three out of ten personality disorders: borderline, avoidant and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. Scorings from subjects with anxiety disorders were unstable only for cluster C and dependent personality disorder items. In the absence of co-morbid depressive or anxiety disorders, mean dimensional scores of DIP-Q showed no significant differences between entry and retest. Overall, the effect from state on trait scorings was moderate, and it is concluded that test-retest reliability for DIP-Q is acceptable.

The TAPS Project. 9: The Reliability of the Patient Attitude Questionnaire

1993 ◽  
Vol 162 (S19) ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Thornicroft ◽  
Christopher Gooch ◽  
Catherine O'Driscoll ◽  
Sawsan Reda
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangements ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Kappa Coefficient ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Attitude Questionnaire ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Patient Attitude ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

The development of the hospital and community versions of the Patient Attitude Questionnaire is described. The instrument rates the attitudes of psychiatric patients towards their treatment settings and staff, and is framed specifically to assess attitudinal change during the transfer of patients from hospital. For the items rated using the kappa coefficient of agreement, the mean test-retest reliability value was 0.51, and the average inter-rater value was 0.82. This study shows that long-term psychiatric patients are able to give clear and consistent views about their living arrangements - views that should be sought and respected by staff.

Test–Retest Reliability and the Effects of Walking Speed on Stride Time Variability During Continuous, Overground Walking in Healthy Young Adults

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Nicholas S. Ryan ◽  
Paul A. Bruno ◽  
John M. Barden
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Walking Speed ◽  
Time Variability ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Stride Time ◽  
Real Difference ◽  
Overground Walking ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Intraclass Correlations ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Studies have investigated the reliability and effect of walking speed on stride time variability during walking trials performed on a treadmill. The objective of this study was to investigate the reliability of stride time variability and the effect of walking speed on stride time variability, during continuous, overground walking in healthy young adults. Participants completed: (1) 2 walking trials at their preferred walking speed on 1 day and another trial 2 to 4 days later and (2) 1 trial at their preferred walking speed, 1 trial approximately 20% to 25% faster than their preferred walking speed, and 1 trial approximately 20% to 25% slower than their preferred walking speed on a separate day. Data from a waist-mounted accelerometer were used to determine the consecutive stride times for each trial. The reliability of stride time variability outcomes was generally poor (intraclass correlations: .167–.487). Although some significant differences in stride time variability were found between the preferred walking speed, fast, and slow trials, individual between-trial differences were generally below the estimated minimum difference considered to be a real difference. The development of a protocol to improve the reliability of stride time variability outcomes during continuous, overground walking would be beneficial to improve their application in research and clinical settings.

Test-Retest Reliability and Construct Validity of the Helplessness, Hopelessness, and Haplessness Scale in Patients with Anxiety Disorders

2011 ◽  
Vol 108 (2) ◽  
pp. 673-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sevginar Vatan ◽  
Sedar Ertas ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Consistency Test ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

In a sample of 100 Turkish psychiatric patients with diagnoses of anxiety disorders, Lester's Helplessness, Hopelessness, and Haplessness inventory had moderate estimates of internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and construct validity.

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