title: Assessment of subjective distress by patients' self-report versus structured interview.
abstract: Comparison was made of symptom and behavior scores obtained by structured interview versus self-report using the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale. Psychiatric hospital admissions were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 assessment groups, structured interview, self-report, or choice of procedure. Analysis indicated that patients in the self-report group reported significantly greater difficulty on 1 of 5 dimensions assessed by the scale. The results suggest that a self-report questionnaire form of the measure is a viable alternative to the structured interview.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health Services Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178, USA.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Eisen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results