title: Reliability and validity of a Chinese computerized diagnostic instrument.
abstract: This paper reports on the development and testing of a new Chinese diagnostic instrument--the Adult Diagnostic Interview Schedule-Present (ADIS-P). This instrument uses a selection of items adapted from DIS and SADS. It is administered within approximately 25 min by a trained clinician using a small portable computer that provides an immediate diagnosis. The instrument was tested on 1,331 patients from six large mental hospitals across the country. The concurrent validity was good: compared to the concensus diagnosis of two senior clinicians (who were blinded to the ADIS-P result), the overall diagnostic accuracy was 83% and the weighted Kappa value was 0.60. The 1 month test-retest reliability was satisfactory (weighted Kappa = 0.55). We conclude that ADIS-P is a convenient, reliable and valid diagnostic instrument.
authors.affiliation: Research Center of Psychological Medicine, Hunan Medical College, Changsha, Peoples Republic of China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003201:Computers; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008838:Microcomputers; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology