title: Agreement between face-to-face and telephone-administered mood ratings in patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder.
abstract: We examined the reliability and level of agreement between the telephone and face-to-face administration of two mood-rating scales (HIGH-SAD and SIGH-SAD) in patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder (RCBD). Two clinicians administered the HIGH-SAD and SIGH-SAD to 14 outpatients with RCBD. Patients received consecutive phone and face-to-face mood ratings in a randomized order. Using a paired t-test, no significant differences were found when comparing HIGH-SAD and SIGH-SAD scores administered face-to-face and over the phone. There was a high correlation between the face-to-face and phone administration of both scales as measured by intraclass correlation (r = 0.94 for SIGH-SAD; r = 0.85 for HIGH-SAD). Our results support the use of phone-administered mood ratings as a reliable and convenient method to monitor patients with RCBD.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychobiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. snaim@box-s.nih.gov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feldman-Naim
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Leibenluft
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000145:classification; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index