The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Hairpulling Scale: 2. reliability and validity.
Assessment of symptom severity and change in chronic hairpulling has been limited by the absence of a psychometrically validated clinical rating scale. The Massachusetts General Hospital Hairpulling Scale demonstrated test-retest reliability, convergent and divergent validity, and sensitivity to change in hairpulling symptoms.
O'Sullivan
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Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Mass. 02129, USA.
Keuthen
N J
NJ
Hayday
C F
CF
Ricciardi
J N
JN
Buttolph
M L
ML
Jenike
M A
MA
Baer
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L
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008404:Massachusetts; D011581:Psychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014256:Trichotillomania / Q000175:diagnosis*