[Diagnostic reliability in mental disorders of the International Classification of Diseases in primary care].
BACKGROUND
The objective is to evaluate the test version of Chapter V - "Mental and Behavioral Disorders reliability", of the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases, Version for Primary Care (ICD -10 PC), prepared by the Division of Mental Health of the World Health Organization (WHO).


METHODS
During September and October of 1994, Community General Physicians (CGP) from the Health and Environment Department of the State of Rio Grande do Sul were trained in the use of this version, prepared for the field trial, according to the design proposed by WHO.


RESULTS
The results refer to a study about reliability of diagnosis attributed by 9 pairs of CGP to 460 patients in their first appointments. Cohen's Kappa for Mental Health Disorder, present or absent, was 0,79 (CI 95%: 0,69 - 0,88).


CONCLUSIONS
The use of ICD-10 CP will give more specificity to the information and will allow a better communication between health workers at the level of primary care
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Centro Colaborador da Organização Mundial da Saúde para Pesquisa e Treinamento em Saúde Mental no Brasil, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. ebusnello@hcpa.ufrgs.br
Tannous
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Gigante
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Ballester
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Hidalgo
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Silva
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Juruena
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Dalmolin
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Baldisserotto
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D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011320:Primary Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
Confiabilidade diagnóstica dos transtornos mentais da versão para cuidados primários da Classificação Internacional das Doenças.