Validation of the standardised assessment of personality - abbreviated scale in a general population sample

Autor: Paul Moran, Richard D. Hayes, Marcella Lei Yee Fok, Seth D. Seegobin, Stephani L. Hatch, Souci Frissa, Matthew Hotopf
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Zdroj: Personality and Mental Health. 9:250-257
ISSN: 1932-8621
DOI: 10.1002/pmh.1307
Popis: Background Personality disorder (PD) is associated with important health outcomes in the general population. However, the length of diagnostic interviews poses a significant barrier to obtaining large scale, population-based data on PD. A brief screen for the identification of people at high risk of PD in the general population could be extremely valuable for both clinicians and researchers. Aim We set out to validate the Standardised Assessment of Personality – Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS), in a general population sample, using the Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM-IV Personality Disorders (SCID-II) as a gold standard. Method One hundred and ten randomly selected, community-dwelling adults were administered the SAPAS screening interview. The SCID-II was subsequently administered by a clinical interviewer blind to the initial SAPAS score. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was used to assess the discriminatory performance of the SAPAS, relative to the SCID-II. Results Area under the curve for the SAPAS was 0.70 (95% CI = 0.60 to 0.80; p
Databáze: OpenAIRE