title: A brief interview for assessing compulsive hoarding: the Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview.
abstract: This article describes the development and validation of the Hoarding Rating Scale-Interview (HRS-I), a brief (5-10 min) five-item semi-structured interview that assesses the features of compulsive hoarding (clutter, difficulty discarding, acquisition, distress and impairment). Trained interviewers administered the HRS-I to 136 adults (73 compulsive hoarding, 19 OCD, 44 non-clinical controls) along with a battery of self-report measures. An initial assessment was conducted in the clinic, and a second assessment was conducted in participants' homes. The HRS-I showed high internal consistency and reliability across time and context. The HRS-I clearly differentiated hoarding and non-hoarding participants, and was strongly associated with other measures of hoarding. It is concluded that the HRS-I is a promising measure for determining the presence and severity of compulsive hoarding.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Living, Anxiety Disorders Center, Hartford, CT 06106, USA. dtolin@harthosp.org
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Tolin
authors.forename: Randy O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steketee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D000067836:Hoarding Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult
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