Interrater reliability of the DSM-III diagnoses in two Norwegian studies on psychiatric and super obese patients.
Two Norwegian psychiatrists classified independently according to DSM-III, 45 patients drawn at random from two populations: one of psychiatric patients (N = 161) and one of super obese surgical patients (N = 71). They interviewed the patients and listened to each other's audio-taped interviews afterwards. In the total group, on axis I the overall agreement was 78 percent (kappa = 0.74). On axis II, the overall agreement was 81 percent (kappa = 0.68). The study shows that by using the DSM-III, two Norwegian psychiatrists obtained good diagnostic reliability.
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D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D009664:Norway; D009765:Obesity / Q000523:psychology*