Reliability and factor structure of the Short Problem Behaviors Assessment for Huntington's disease (PBA-s) in the TRACK-HD and REGISTRY studies.
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci
; 27(1): 59-64, 2015.
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The authors report the inter-rater reliability and factor structure of the Short Problem Behaviors Assessment (PBA-s), a semistructured interview to measure severity and frequency of behavioral problems in Huntington's disease. Video recordings of 410 PBA-s interviews were rescored by an independent rater, and Cohen's kappa calculated to assess inter-rater reliability. The mean kappa was 0.74 for severity and 0.76 for frequency scores, whereas weighted kappa (allowing scores to differ by 1 point) was 0.94 for severity and 0.92 for frequency scores. The results of factor analysis were consistent with previous studies using other measures. The authors conclude that the PBA-s is a reliable measure.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica
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Doença de Huntington
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Transtornos Mentais
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2015
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido