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Reliability of Lifetime Diagnosis: A Multicenter Collaborative Perspective

Reliability of Lifetime Diagnosis: A Multicenter Collaborative Perspective Abstract • It is important to determine the reliability of lifetime diagnosis in a nonpatient population, for this type of diagnostic data and this type of sample are used in many genetic, epidemiological, and nosological studies. We examined the reliability of lifetime diagnosis when the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Lifetime Version and Research Diagnostic Criteria were used to interview ill and well relatives of probands in the National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Study of the Psychobiology of Depression. Subjects were interviewed three times, so data are available concerning both short- and longinterval test-retest reliability. Short-interval test-retest reliability was excellent for both diagnoses and symptoms. Reliability was also quite high in the long-interval test-retest study. We conclude that it is possible to make lifetime diagnoses reliably in a nonpatient population. References 1. Gurland BJ, et al: Cross-national study of diagnosis of mental disorders: Hospital diagnoses and hospital patients in New York and London . Compr Psychiatry 1970;11:18-25.Crossref 2. Helzer JE, Robins LN, Taibleson M, et al: Reliability of psychiatric diagnosis: I. A methodological review . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1977;34:129-133.Crossref 3. Helzer JE, Clayton PJ, Pambakian R, et al: Reliability of psychiatric diagnosis: II. The test-retest reliability of diagnostic classification . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1977;34:136-141.Crossref 4. Wing JK: A standard form of psychiatric Present State Examination and a method for standardizing the classification of symptoms , in Hare EH, Wing JK (eds): Psychiatric Epidemiology: An International Symposium . London, Oxford University Press, 1970, pp 93-108. 5. Spitzer RL, Endicott J, Robins E: Research Diagnostic Criteria: Rationale and reliability . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:773-782.Crossref 6. Endicott J, Spitzer RL: A diagnostic interview: The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:837-844.Crossref 7. Jenkins CD, Hurst MW, Rose RM: Life changes: Do people really remember? Arch Gen Psychiatry 1979;36:379-384.Crossref 8. Mazure C, Gershon ES: Blindness and reliability in lifetime psychiatric diagnosis . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1979;36:521-525.Crossref 9. Katz MM, Secunda SK, Hirschfeld RMA, et al: NIMH Clinical Research Branch Collaborative Program on the Psychobiology of Depression . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1979;36:765-771.Crossref 10. Coryell W, Winokur G, Andreasen NC: The effect of case definition on affective disorder rates . Am J Psychiatry , to be published. 11. Fleiss JL, Cohen J: The equivalence of weighted kappa and the intraclass correlation coefficient as measures of reliability . Educ Psychol Measurem 1973;33:613-619.Crossref 12. Kraemer HC: Ramifications of a population model for K as a coefficient of reliability . Psychometrika 1979;44:461-472.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of General Psychiatry American Medical Association

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Abstract • It is important to determine the reliability of lifetime diagnosis in a nonpatient population, for this type of diagnostic data and this type of sample are used in many genetic, epidemiological, and nosological studies. We examined the reliability of lifetime diagnosis when the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Lifetime Version and Research Diagnostic Criteria were used to interview ill and well relatives of probands in the National Institute of Mental Health Collaborative Study of the Psychobiology of Depression. Subjects were interviewed three times, so data are available concerning both short- and longinterval test-retest reliability. Short-interval test-retest reliability was excellent for both diagnoses and symptoms. Reliability was also quite high in the long-interval test-retest study. We conclude that it is possible to make lifetime diagnoses reliably in a nonpatient population. References 1. Gurland BJ, et al: Cross-national study of diagnosis of mental disorders: Hospital diagnoses and hospital patients in New York and London . Compr Psychiatry 1970;11:18-25.Crossref 2. Helzer JE, Robins LN, Taibleson M, et al: Reliability of psychiatric diagnosis: I. A methodological review . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1977;34:129-133.Crossref 3. Helzer JE, Clayton PJ, Pambakian R, et al: Reliability of psychiatric diagnosis: II. The test-retest reliability of diagnostic classification . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1977;34:136-141.Crossref 4. Wing JK: A standard form of psychiatric Present State Examination and a method for standardizing the classification of symptoms , in Hare EH, Wing JK (eds): Psychiatric Epidemiology: An International Symposium . London, Oxford University Press, 1970, pp 93-108. 5. Spitzer RL, Endicott J, Robins E: Research Diagnostic Criteria: Rationale and reliability . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:773-782.Crossref 6. Endicott J, Spitzer RL: A diagnostic interview: The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1978;35:837-844.Crossref 7. Jenkins CD, Hurst MW, Rose RM: Life changes: Do people really remember? Arch Gen Psychiatry 1979;36:379-384.Crossref 8. Mazure C, Gershon ES: Blindness and reliability in lifetime psychiatric diagnosis . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1979;36:521-525.Crossref 9. Katz MM, Secunda SK, Hirschfeld RMA, et al: NIMH Clinical Research Branch Collaborative Program on the Psychobiology of Depression . Arch Gen Psychiatry 1979;36:765-771.Crossref 10. Coryell W, Winokur G, Andreasen NC: The effect of case definition on affective disorder rates . Am J Psychiatry , to be published. 11. Fleiss JL, Cohen J: The equivalence of weighted kappa and the intraclass correlation coefficient as measures of reliability . Educ Psychol Measurem 1973;33:613-619.Crossref 12. Kraemer HC: Ramifications of a population model for K as a coefficient of reliability . Psychometrika 1979;44:461-472.Crossref

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Published: Apr 1, 1981

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