TY - JOUR
T1 - Agreement between two structured psychiatric diagnostic interviews
T2 - DIS and the PDI
AU - Weller, Ronald A.
AU - Penick, Elizabeth C.
AU - Othmer, Ekkehard
AU - Rice, Audrey S.
AU - Powell, Barbara J.
AU - Kent, Thomas A.
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - Agreement between two structured, criterion-based, diagnostic interviews was determined for 86 psychiatric inpatients. The patients were given the Diagnostic Interview Schedule and the Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview on two separate occasions by two teams of trained interviewers who were blind to the patients' hospital diagnoses. Agreement between the two procedures was quite high with respect to (a) total number of positive syndromes, (b) identification of specific syndromes, (c) final diagnoses, and (d) ratings of clinical compatibility by experienced psychiatrists. Diagnostic discrepancies were primarily due to differences in the way the two instruments approach patients who fulfilled inclusive diagnostic criteria for two or more psychiatric syndromes. Although both interviews provide similar diagnostic information, the relative ease of administration and scoring of the PDI recommend it for clinical use.
AB - Agreement between two structured, criterion-based, diagnostic interviews was determined for 86 psychiatric inpatients. The patients were given the Diagnostic Interview Schedule and the Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview on two separate occasions by two teams of trained interviewers who were blind to the patients' hospital diagnoses. Agreement between the two procedures was quite high with respect to (a) total number of positive syndromes, (b) identification of specific syndromes, (c) final diagnoses, and (d) ratings of clinical compatibility by experienced psychiatrists. Diagnostic discrepancies were primarily due to differences in the way the two instruments approach patients who fulfilled inclusive diagnostic criteria for two or more psychiatric syndromes. Although both interviews provide similar diagnostic information, the relative ease of administration and scoring of the PDI recommend it for clinical use.
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U2 - 10.1016/0010-440X(85)90036-7
DO - 10.1016/0010-440X(85)90036-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 3987244
AN - SCOPUS:0021923196
VL - 26
SP - 157
EP - 163
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
SN - 0010-440X
IS - 2
ER -