title: Agreement between telephone and in-person delivery of a structured interview for anxiety disorders in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The current study determined the viability of using the telephone to facilitate assessment of children using the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for children for DSM-IV (ADIS-C-IV).
  
  
  METHODS
  Diagnoses established during telephone administration of the ADIS-C-IV-Parent version were compared with diagnoses obtained during standard administration of the ADIS-C-IV using both Child and Parent versions. Seventy-three children and their parents participated in counterbalanced, repeated assessments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The level of agreement between telephone and standard administration for principal diagnosis (kappa=0.86), individual anxiety disorders (kappa=0.63-0.86), and other disorders (kappa=0.79-0.91) were in the good to excellent range. Additionally, agreement on overall suitability for an anxiety treatment program was excellent (kappa=0.97).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The data indicate that telephone administration of the ADIS-C-IV is a valid way to differentiate children who have anxiety disorders from those who have no disorder or other disorders, providing a less resource-demanding alternative to face-to-face assessment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Heidi J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lyneham
authors.forename: Ronald M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Rapee
mesh_terms: D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013689:Telephone