title: Inter-rater reliability of the Disability Assessment Schedule (DAS, version II). An Italian study.
abstract: The paper describes a reliability study conducted on the Italian version of the Disability Assessment Schedule (DAS II). Thirty patients were included in the study. They were drawn from those who contacted the South-Verona Community Psychiatric Service. Each patient was assessed by two raters who were assigned to the roles of interviewer and observer in a balanced, randomized way. Several statistical indices of reliability were calculated for the interviewer-observer comparison. The interview showed an overall good reliability. The lowest values were found for those items where the social and cultural expectations on "normal behaviour" are more variable. Section 3 of the DAS was considered in general not applicable, and the authors opinion is that it should be reconsidered for its use in the Italian situation.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Psicologia Medica, Università di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Ardoin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faccincani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galati
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gavioli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mignolli
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results