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Videotape recording in psychiatry and psychopharmacology : REVIEW AND PRESENTATION OF A NEW METHOD
Author(s) -
FischerCornelssen K. A.,
Abt K.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1980.tb00872.x
Subject(s) - comparability , inter rater reliability , psychology , standardization , clinical psychology , psychiatry , rating scale , computer science , developmental psychology , mathematics , combinatorics , operating system
After a review of publications concerning the use of television in psychiatry a new method of audiovisual evaluation of psychotropic drugs is demonstrated: SAPE (Standardized Audiovisual Psychiatric Evaluation). The procedure requires a pre‐treatment and post‐treatment videotaped interview with each patient (15 min). These interviews are later rated and scored by 10 to 20 or more raters (using a Symptom Check List). Data are evaluated by a fully automated computer program in four steps. The main advantages of the method are: 1) Uniform homogeneous information available to all participating raters. 2) Reduced number of patients and shorter duration of trial. 3) Participation of as many raters as desired. 4) Better comparability and standardization than with usual methods. 5) Inter‐rater and intra‐rater reliability tests for every study possible. 6) Stabilized baseline values for each symptom. 7) Homogeneity of raters’assessments resulting from the increased number of raters participating. 8) Improved basis and conditions for the use of parametric statistical evaluation techniques. 9) Homogeneity of the rater evaluation for each subsequent control. 10) A statistical assessment of the homogeneity of a study as a whole is possible. 11) Double‐blind method only for treating doctor (not video‐rating), the nurses and patients but not for the television interviewer and raters (if contact with ward and patients is avoided).