title: Comparability between telephone and face-to-face structured clinical interview for DSM-IV in assessing social anxiety disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article evaluates the comparability of the telephone and in-person Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) interviews in assessing patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) as an independent anxiety diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred subjects were randomly selected and interviewed with the SCID, once by telephone and once in person (1-3 months later).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence of SAD assessed with the telephone interviews was 56%, whereas the in-person prevalence was 52%, with no statistically significant difference. The test-retest kappa for the 200 interviews was .84, indication of excellent agreement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings, along with the existing evidence of their validity, should encourage the use of SCID by telephone for SAD diagnostic interviews.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry and Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. jcrippa@fmrp.usp.br
authors.forename: José Alexandre S
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Crippa
authors.forename: Flávia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: de Lima Osório
authors.forename: Cristina Marta
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Del-Ben
authors.forename: Alaor Santos
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.forename: Maria Cecília
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: da Silva Freitas
authors.forename: Sonia Regina
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Loureiro
mesh_terms: D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D013689:Telephone; D055815:Young Adult