Quick Identification of the Risk of Psychosis: The Italian Version of the Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief.
Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health
; 14: 120-131, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Diagnosing people during the prodromal phase of an incipient psychosis can improve the chance of better outcome. In busy clinical settings, the ideal tool is a brief, easy-to-complete self-report questionnaire.OBJECTIVE:
To test the psychometric properties of the Italian version of one of the most used screening tools for the identification of the risk of psychosis, the Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief (PQ-B).METHODS:
Cross-sectional design. A convenience sample of college students was enrolled via snowball procedure (n=243; men 45%). After understanding and signing the consent form, the participants received a booklet containing the following questionnaires the 21-item Prodromal Questionnaire-Brief (PQ-B); the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), and the 74-item Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire (SPQ). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis was used to assess the capacity of the PQ-B to identify individuals at risk of psychosis as independently defined based on the combination of GHQ-12 and SPQ thresholds.RESULTS:
The Italian version of the PQ-B revealed good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and adequate convergent and divergent validity. The Youden method retrieved a cut-off = 7 for the PQ-B frequency score and a cut-off = 22 for the PQ-B distress score. Both PQ-B scores had a perfect (99%) negative predictive value.CONCLUSION:
The PQ-B is a promising screening tool in two-stage protocols. The major advantage of the PQ-B is to exclude cases that are unlikely to be at risk of psychosis.
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MEDLINE
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Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health
Year:
2018
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Article