title: Cross-cultural implementation of a Chinese version of the Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) in Taiwan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are no published reports of cross-cultural equivalence and interrater reliability at the level of individual symptom items assessed by a semi-structured clinical interview employing operationalised clinician ratings.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the cross-cultural clinical equivalence and reliability of a Chinese version of the World Health Organization Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN).
  
  
  METHODS
  UK-US and Taiwanese groups of psychiatrists used Chinese and English transcripts of videotape interviews of Taiwanese patients to discuss cross-cultural issues and ratings of SCAN items. Item ratings were compared quantitatively individually and pooled by SCAN section.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Chinese equivalents were found for all SCAN items. No between-group differences were found for most individual items, but there were differences for some scaled items. Average agreement between the two groups was 69-100%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cross-cultural implementation based on SCAN in Taiwan appears valid.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. bmandrew@ccvax.sinica.edu.tw
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Tien
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Brugha
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Compton
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Liu
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authors.lastname: Yu
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authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D015588:Observer Variation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D012928:Social Desirability; D013624:Taiwan; D006113:United Kingdom; D014481:United States; D014743:Videotape Recording