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dc.contributor.authorLyne, John P
dc.contributor.authorKinsella, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorO'Donoghue, Brian
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-15T09:03:06Z
dc.date.available2013-01-15T09:03:06Z
dc.date.issued2012-02
dc.identifier.citationCan we combine symptom scales for collaborative research projects? 2012, 46 (2):233-8 J Psychiatr Resen_GB
dc.identifier.issn1879-1379
dc.identifier.pmid22056401
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpsychires.2011.10.002
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/265432
dc.descriptionCollaborative research projects have the potential to answer important research questions, which may otherwise require huge resources, funding, and time to complete. There are several scales for measuring psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, with the Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS), Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS), and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) being among the most commonly used. High quality research efforts have used these three scales in different projects, and in order to merge study efforts, some means of combining data from these scales may be necessary. We reviewed correlations in published studies for these three scales, finding them to be highly correlated, however on comparison of the three scales there were considerable clinical differences between them. The paper discusses potential methods for combining the scales in collaborative research, including use of the recently developed standardised remission criteria for schizophrenia.en_GB
dc.description.abstractCollaborative research projects have the potential to answer important research questions, which may otherwise require huge resources, funding, and time to complete. There are several scales for measuring psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, with the Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS), Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS), and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) being among the most commonly used. High quality research efforts have used these three scales in different projects, and in order to merge study efforts, some means of combining data from these scales may be necessary. We reviewed correlations in published studies for these three scales, finding them to be highly correlated, however on comparison of the three scales there were considerable clinical differences between them. The paper discusses potential methods for combining the scales in collaborative research, including use of the recently developed standardised remission criteria for schizophrenia.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsArchived with thanks to Journal of psychiatric researchen_GB
dc.subjectBIOMEDICAL RESEARCHen_GB
dc.subjectMENTAL DISORDERS DIAGNOSISen_GB
dc.subjectCOOPERATIVE BEHAVIOURen_GB
dc.subjectPSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALESen_GB
dc.subject.meshBiomedical Research
dc.subject.meshBrief Psychiatric Rating Scale
dc.subject.meshCooperative Behavior
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshMental Disorders
dc.subject.meshPsychiatric Status Rating Scales
dc.subject.meshPsychometrics
dc.subject.meshReproducibility of Results
dc.titleCan we combine symptom scales for collaborative research projects?en_GB
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDETECT Services, Avila House, Block 5 Blackrock Business Park, Co. Dublin, Ireland. johnlyne@mail.comen_GB
dc.identifier.journalJournal of psychiatric researchen_GB
html.description.abstractCollaborative research projects have the potential to answer important research questions, which may otherwise require huge resources, funding, and time to complete. There are several scales for measuring psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, with the Scale for Assessment of Positive Symptoms (SAPS), Scale for Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS), and the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) being among the most commonly used. High quality research efforts have used these three scales in different projects, and in order to merge study efforts, some means of combining data from these scales may be necessary. We reviewed correlations in published studies for these three scales, finding them to be highly correlated, however on comparison of the three scales there were considerable clinical differences between them. The paper discusses potential methods for combining the scales in collaborative research, including use of the recently developed standardised remission criteria for schizophrenia.


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