title: [The Psychotic Anxiety Scale (PAS). Evaluation of inter-rater reliability and correspondence factorial analysis].
abstract: We recently proposed the first scale for evaluating anxiety in psychotics: the "Psychotic Anxiety Scale" (PAS). The first version of this scale was tested in 45 psychotic patients. The multiple correspondence factorial analysis revealed that 4 factors account for respectively 50%, 18%, 17% and 10% of the variance. This scale thus evaluates anxiety along 4 axes: severity of the symptomatology, evolution in time, hetero-aggressiveness and self-aggressiveness. This analysis supports the hypothesis of the lack of specificity for the anxiety in psychotics, but distinguishes the nevrotic anxiety from the psychotic anxiety. The inter-rater reliability was assessed by a method which compared a rater with the others along 2 axes: the severity, and the profile of the assessment. The interrater reliability was unsatisfactory for only three items. They have been modified and a new version of the PAS is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des Maladies de Système Nerveux et de l'Appareil, Locomoteur, CHU Timone, Marseille.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Blin
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Azorin
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lecrubier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Souche
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fondarai
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Psychotic Anxiety Scale (PAS). Evaluation de la fidélité intercotateurs et analyse factorielle des correspondances.