Validation of Turkish version of brief negative symptom scale

Autor: Alp Üçok, Ömer Aydemir, Ali Saffet Gonul, Swati Chandhoke, Ceylan Ergül, Irmak Polat Nazlı
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice. 20:265-271
ISSN: 1471-1788
1365-1501
DOI: 10.1080/13651501.2016.1207086
Popis: Objective: Negative symptoms in schizophrenia have been assessed by many instruments. However, a current consensus on these symptoms has been built and new tools, such as the Brief Negative Symptom Scale (BNSS), are generated. This study aimed to evaluate reliability and validity of the Turkish version of BNSS.Methods: The scale was translated to Turkish and backtranslated to English. After the approval of the translation, 75 schizophrenia patients were interviewed with BNSS, Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia (CDSS) and Extrapyramidal Symptom Rating Scale (ESRS). Reliability and validity analyses were then calculated.Results: In the reliability analysis, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.96 and item-total score correlation coefficients were between 0.655-0.884. The intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.665. The inter-rater reliability was 0.982 (p
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