PMID: 9540390Apr 16, 1998Paper

Reliability of interview information in a family study in the elderly

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
R HeunW Maier

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the combined test-retest and interrater reliability of different psychiatric lifetime diagnoses yielded in the course of a family study in elderly patients and controls. The following interviews and questionnaires were used in combination: the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), the Structured Interview for the Diagnosis of Dementia of the Alzheimer Type, Multi-infarct Dementia and Dementias of Other Aetiology (SI-DAM), the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) and questionnaires for neurasthenia and recurrent brief depression (RBD). Depressive and dementia disorders can be diagnosed with good reliability in a family study setting with the use of these instruments. The diagnoses of phobic disorders, neurasthenia, RBD, subthreshold RBD and psychiatric caseness as indicated by GHQ-12 scores were less reliable in this setting and are therefore less suitable for use in family studies.

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Feb 22, 2012·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology·Kristine M MolinaHuijun Li
May 17, 2005·European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience·Reinhard HeunFrank Jessen
Feb 13, 2007·International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health·Joachim BauerMichael Wirsching
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Dec 24, 1997·Comprehensive Psychiatry·A PapassotiropoulosW Maier

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