The Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale in Alcohol Dependent Patients

Objective Anosognosia is a common phenomenon in individuals with dementia. Anosognosia Questionnaire for dementia (AQ-D) is a well-known scale for evaluating anosognosia. This study aimed to establish a Korean version of the AQ-D (AQ-D-K) and to evaluate the reliability and validity of the AQ-D-K in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia.Methods We translated the original English version of AQ-D into Korean (AQ-D-K). Eighty-four subjects with very mild or mild AD dementia and their caregivers participated. Reliability of AQ-D-K was assessed by internal consistency and one-month test-retest reliability. Construct validity and concurrent validity were also evaluated.Results Internal consistencies of the AQ-D-K patient form and caregiver form were high (Cronbach alpha 0.95 and 0.93, respectively). The test-retest reliability of AQ-D-K measured by intra-class correlation coefficient was 0.84. Three factors were identified: 1) anosognosia of instrumental activity of daily living; 2) anosognosia basic activity of daily living; and 3) anosognosia of depression and disinhibition. AQ-D-K score was significantly correlated with the clinician-rated anosognosia rating scale (ARS), center for epidemiological studies-depression scale (CES-D) and state-trait anxiety inventory (STAI).Conclusion The findings suggest that the AQ-D-K is a reliable and valid scale for evaluating anosognosia for AD dementia patients using Korean language.

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Reliability and Validity of a Tardive Dyskinesia Videotape Rating Technique

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.140.5.508 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 140 (5) ◽

pp. 508-515 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Thomas R. E. Barnes ◽

Thomas Trauer

Keyword(s):

Tardive Dyskinesia ◽

Prevalence Rate ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Standard Procedure ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Severity Rating ◽

Abnormal Movements ◽

Criterion Level ◽

Scale Scores ◽

Test Retest Reliability

SummaryNinety-four psychiatric in-patients, receiving regular antipsychotic medication, were videotaped using a standard procedure. The tapes were rated by blind observers using a simple scoring system for the duration of abnormal movements. Using this combined videotape and rating scale assessment technique the re-rating reliability, inter-rater reliability and test-retest reliability were high. In order to demonstrate the validity of the technique the rating scale scores in a sub-sample of 30 patients, were compared with the assessment of three experienced clinicians on the same patients, and AIMS scores. Central (lip, tongue, jaw and neck movements) scores showed close agreement with the clinicians' assessment, suggesting that clinical diagnosis is based principally on the presence and severity of oro-facial dyskinesia. Total rating scale scores were in close accord with total AIMS scores. When the two scales were carried out on the same patients on the same occasion a diagnostic criterion level of 2 or more on the central score produced a tardive dyskinesia prevalence rate identical to that produced by an AIMS criterion level of 2 or more on the global severity rating. The tardive dyskinesia prevalence rate based on the central score criterion level showed an increase with age.

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Adaptation and validation of the Korean Version of the Bipolar Depression Rating Scale (K-BDRS)

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.592 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (S1) ◽

pp. s236-s237

Author(s):

W.M. Bahk ◽

M.D. Kim ◽

Y.E. Jung ◽

Y.S. Woo ◽

J. Lee ◽

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Keyword(s):

Bipolar Disorder ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Bipolar Depression ◽

Depression Scale ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Hamilton Depression Scale ◽

Young Mania ◽

Korean Version

ObjectivesThe Bipolar Depression Rating Scale (BDRS) is a scale for assessment of the clinical characteristics of bipolar depression. The primary aims of this study were to describe the development of the Korean version of the BDRS (K-BDRS) and to establish more firmly its psychometric properties in terms of reliability and validity.MethodsThe study included 141 patients (62 male and 79 female) who had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, were currently experiencing symptoms of depression, and were interviewed using the K-BDRS. Other measures included the Montgomery and Asberg Depression Scale (MADRS), the 17-item Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD), and the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS). Additionally, the internal consistency, concurrent validity, inter-rater reliability, and test-retest reliability of the K-BDRS were evaluated.ResultsThe Cronbach's α-coefficient for the K-BDRS was 0.866, the K-BDRS exhibited strong correlations with the HAMD (r = 0.788) and MADRS (r = 0.877), and the mixed symptoms score of the K-BDRS was significantly correlated with the YMRS (r = 0.611). An exploratory factor analysis revealed three factors that corresponded to psychological depressive symptoms, somatic depressive symptoms, and mixed symptoms.ConclusionsThe present findings suggest that the K-BDRS has good psychometric properties and is a valid and reliable tool for assessing depressive symptoms in patients with bipolar disorder.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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