[Spanish version of the personality diagnostic questionnaire-4+ (PDQ-4+)].
BACKGROUND
The Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire is one of the most frequently used instruments for diagnosing personality disorders (PD). Its last version (PDQ-4+) combines the easy applicability of a questionnaire with the control of state symptoms interference of an interview. The aim of this paper is to present preliminary results on the Spanish version of the PDQ-4+.


METHODS
159 psychiatric outpatients were assessed using the questionnaire of PDQ-4+. Among them, a sample of 47 were also evaluated using the short interview of clinical significance that completed the PDQ-4+.


RESULTS
Results obtained were very similar to that from previous research, indicating similar psychometric properties of the PDQ-4+ Spanish version, to English, Italian, Chinese and Norway versions. In general, the internal consistency was acceptable; the obsessive-compulsive PD scale showing the lowest Cronbach's alpha. The high prevalence of PD obtained with the PDQ-4+ questionnaire was dramatically reduced when the clinical significance scale was added. These results are in more agreement with previous epidemiological studies.


CONCLUSIONS
Overall, the PDQ-4+ questionnaire seems a good screening instrument in clinical use. Best results are obtained when the clinical significance scale is also administered.
Calvo Piñero
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Unidad de Psicología Médica, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Centro de Psicología Clínica, St. Boi del Llobregat. Barcelona, Spain. nataliac@copc.es
Caseras Vives
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Gutiérrez Ponce De León
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Torrubia Beltri
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014177:Translations