Factor structure of a brief symptom checklist for acute psychiatric inpatients.
A 36-item symptom checklist (the HSCL-36) was assembled and assessed based on previous factor-analytic research with the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-90 (HSCL-90), which had focused on outpatients. Acute psychiatric inpatients (N = 243) completed the HSCL-36 after admission to a university hospital. The responses were factor analyzed using a principal axis extraction. Varimax rotation yielded six interpretable factors, for which factor-based subscales were derived. Five of the six subscales were found to be reliable using coefficient alpha. Results are compared with studies that used self-report symptom checklists with outpatients. Future directions for research are discussed.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics