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Interrater reliability of the DSM‐III diagnoses in two Norwegian studies on psychiatric and super obese patients
Author(s) -
Larsen Frode,
Vaglum Sonja
Publication year - 1986
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.1600-0447.1986.tb10519.x
Subject(s) - norwegian , inter rater reliability , kappa , psychiatry , medical diagnosis , medicine , psychiatric diagnosis , peer review , reliability (semiconductor) , cohen's kappa , psychology , clinical psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , pathology , developmental psychology , rating scale , physics , philosophy , linguistics , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , machine learning , computer science , political science , law
Two Norwegian psychiatrists classified independently according to DSM‐III, 45 patients drawn at random from two populations: one of psychiatric patients (N=161) and one of super obese surgical patients (N=71). They interviewed the patients and listened to each other's audio‐taped interviews afterwards. In the total group, on axis I the overall agreement was 78 percent (kappa=0.74). On axis II, the overall agreement was 81 percent (kappa=0.68). The study shows that by using the DSM‐III, two Norwegian psychiatrists obtained good diagnostic reliability.