title: Clinicians' ratings and self-reports of basic symptoms.
abstract: A sample of 34 paranoid or undifferentiated schizophrenic outpatients were given the Rome Basic Disorders Scale, a self-rating questionnaire aimed to the assessment of basic symptoms, as defined by the Bonn Scale. These patients were then interviewed on the same 54 basic symptoms explored with the scale, by two independent clinicians blind to the outpatients' data. Self-ratings compared with clinicians' ratings by Student t for dependent samples yielded only one significant difference (p< .01) for the item measuring hypersensitivity to light. Present findings suggest that the Rome Basic Disorders Scale may be safely self-rated even by collaborative schizophrenic patients.
authors.affiliation: University of Rome-Tor Vergata, Italy.
authors.forename: I Alex
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Rubino
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scarpellino
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Siracusano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020795:Photophobia / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012803:Sick Role