title: [The Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination. Study of interobserver reliability].
abstract: Three teams formed by psychologists with experience in the administration of structured interviews evaluated by the CAMDEX (The Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination) in a sample of 41 patients for the interrater reliability study. While a psychologist interview patient, the other one observes each patient. The CAMDEX were completed independently by each of the examiners. The results demonstrate an elevated level agreement both for the different scales (p less than 0.001) and for the different diagnostic criteria employed by the CAMDEX (kappa = 0.88 for the DSM-III-R and Kappa = 1 for the ICD-10).
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Valoración de las Demencias, Hospital de Santa Caterina, Gerona.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Llinàs
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vilalta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: López Pousa
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Amiel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: CAMDEX. Estudio de fiabilidad interexaminadores.