title: Face-to-face versus telephone administration of the parent's version of the children's interview for psychiatric syndromes (P-ChIPS).
abstract: The aim of this study was to examine the acceptability and reliability of telephone administration of the parent's version of the Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes (P-ChIPS), a diagnostic interview examining 21 separate psychiatric syndromes, compared with face-to-face administration. Parents of 12 participants-seven boys and five girls-completed this preliminary study. The mean age of the children was 12.2 years (SD, 3.9 years). In comparing telephone and face-to-face administrations of the P-ChIPS, the percent agreement for each diagnosis was 75% to 100%, with an average percent agreement of 93.8% across all disorders assessed. Results of the face-to-face and telephone administration of the P-ChIPS were comparable, but this needs to be confirmed using a larger sample.
authors.affiliation: Growth Opportunity Center, 2910 Franks Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006, USA. wynn_paing@msn.com
authors.forename: Wynn W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Paing
authors.forename: Ronald A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Weller
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: Elizabeth B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Weller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires