Open AccessValidity and reliability of the Polish version of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS)
Author(s) -
Rzewuska Małgorzata
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international journal of methods in psychiatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1557-0657
pISSN - 1049-8931
DOI - 10.1002/mpr.120
Subject(s) - psychology , positive and negative syndrome scale , reliability (semiconductor) , clinical psychology , scale (ratio) , psychiatry , psychosis , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Abstract This study presents the results of a training course on using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) for the assessment of mental status. The agreements between ratings produced by 418 physicians (psychiatrists) were evaluated and compared with standard ratings. In this way it was possible to supplement some of the listed symptoms with comments, which may help to increase agreement between results obtained through raters' assessments and standard ratings. Copyright © 2002 Whurr Publishers Ltd.