Reliability, validity and clinical utility of a Japanese version of the Social Adaptation Self-evaluation Scale as calibrated using the Beck Depression Inventory.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
; 65(7): 624-9, 2011 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
AIM:
The Social Adaptation Self-evaluation Scale (SASS) was developed to assess the social impairment caused by depression. The purposes of this study were to develop a Japanese version of the SASS (SASS-J) and to evaluate its reliability and validity.METHODS:
The SASS-J and the 21-item Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) were administered to 322 participants (95 working patients who were working while under treatment for depression, 99 non-working patients who were absent from their work due to depression, and 128 healthy controls). The healthy controls underwent both questionnaires twice, at baseline and 2 weeks later, in order to assess test-retest reliability.RESULTS:
Cronbach's alpha was 0.81. Significance correlations were found between SASS-J scores at baseline and 2 weeks later in healthy controls (R = 0.845, P < 0.001). There were negative correlations between the SASS-J and BDI scores (ρ = -0.683, P < 0.001). Mean SASS-J scores differed significantly among the three groups (working patients 33.7 ± 7.9; non-working patients 25.2 ± 7.8; healthy controls 36.1 ± 6.0 [mean ± SD]). The best compromise between the true positive and the false negative rate in this study was at a cut-off point of 25/26.CONCLUSION:
SASS-J showed sufficient reliability and validity, and could be considered a suitable instrument to evaluate social functioning in depressive patients.
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Assunto principal:
Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica
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Psicometria
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Autoavaliação (Psicologia)
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Ajustamento Social
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Transtorno Depressivo
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Japão