title: Applicability of the Chinese version of the Personal and Social Performance scale in patients with severe mental disorders.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study was designed to determine the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Personal and Social Performance scale (PSP-CHN) and assess the applicability of using the PSP-CHN in patients with severe mental disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 285 outpatients with severe mental disorders, 220 with schizophrenia and 65 with major depressive disorder, were enrolled into the study. Both diagnoses were made using the DSM-IV. All the patients were assessed with the PSP-CHN, the GAF, and the CGI-S. In addition, the PANSS and the MADRS were used to assess the patients with schizophrenia and major depressive disorder, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The PSP-CHN showed good internal consistency (Cronbach α = 0.839, n = 285), high interrater reliability for total scores (intraclass correlation coefficient, ICC = 0.865, n = 48), and good test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.892, n = 130). The PSP-CHN total score showed a statistically significant positive correlation with the GAF score (r = 0.927, P < .01, n = 285), as well as a significant negative correlation with the CGI-S total score (r = -0.793, P < .01, n = 285), the PANSS total score (r = -0.694, P < .01, n = 220), and the MADRS total score (r = -0.721, P < .01, n = 65).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We were able to demonstrate that the PSP-CHN is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the personal and social functioning in patients with severe mental disorders.
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Shen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.|The Department of Psychiatry, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Zheng
authors.initials: JZ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.affiliation: Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Hua-Fang
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012919:Social Behavior; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Personal and Social Performance scale; major depressive disorder; reliability; schizophrenia; validity