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Standardised Assessment of Personality - Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS): preliminary validation of a brief screen for personality disorder.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Moran, Paul F. Leese, Morven N. Lee, Tennyson Walters, Paul T. Thornicroft, Graham Mann, A. |
| Copyright Year | 2003 |
| Abstract | BACKGROUND There is a need for a brief and simple screen for personality disorders that can be used in routine psychiatric assessments. AIMS To test the concurrent validity and test-retest reliability of a brief screen for personality disorder. METHOD Sixty psychiatric patients were administered a brief screening interview for personality disorder. On the same day, they were interviewed with an established assessment for DSM-IV personality disorder. Three weeks later, the brief screening interview was repeated in order to examine test-retest reliability. RESULTS A score of 3 on the screening interview correctly identified the presence of DSM-IV personality disorder in 90% of participants. The sensitivity and specificity were were 0.94 and and 0.85 respectively. CONCLUSIONS The study provides preliminary evidence of the usefulness of the screen in routine clinical settings. |
| Starting Page | 928 |
| Ending Page | 933 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/bjprcpsych/183/3/228.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/26FB730F35F54B952381AA9C662FF8C2/S0007125000162993a.pdf/standardised_assessment_of_personality_abbreviated_scale_sapas_preliminary_validation_of_a_brief_screen_for_personality_disorder.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 12948996v1 |
| Volume Number | 183 |
| Journal | The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Antisocial Personality Disorder CDISC SDTM Respiratory Test Name Terminology DSM-IV Evaluation procedure Mental disorders Personality Disorders Test-Retest Reliability |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |