title: Rating scales for the psychosocial evaluation of organ transplant candidates. Comparison of the PACT and TERS with bone marrow transplant patients.
abstract: Two scaled formats for summarizing the results of psychosocial evaluations of transplant candidates have been published, the Psychosocial Assessment of Candidates for Transplantation (PACT) and the Transplant Evaluation Rating Scale (TERS). In this study, 40 consecutive candidates for bone marrow transplant were rated on the PACT and TERS. The PACT and TERS were comparable in interrater reliability. Similar conceptual items for each scale correlated fairly highly with one another. The PACT and TERS differ in several scale characteristics. The authors discuss the relationship between scale characteristics and clinical utility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Presberg
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Levenson
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Olbrisch
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Best
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D000075202:Contraindications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology