Spanish validation of the Premorbid Adjustment Scale (PAS-S)

Autor: Jaume Autonell, Iris Baños, M. Dolz, Alexandrina Foix, Ana Barajas, Josep Maria Haro, Susana Ochoa, Miriam Vilaplana, Jordi E. Obiols, Victoria Villalta-Gil, Bernardo Sánchez, Judith Usall, Jorge A. Cervilla
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Comprehensive Psychiatry, Vol 54, Iss 2, Pp 187-194 (2013)
ISSN: 0010-440X
Popis: Background: The Premorbid Adjustment Scale (PAS) has been the most widely used scale to quantify premorbid status in schizophrenia, coming to be regarded as the gold standard of retrospective assessment instruments. Aims: To examine the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the PAS (PAS-S). Method: Retrospective study of 140 individuals experiencing a first episode of psychosis (n=77) and individuals who have schizophrenia (n=63), both adult and adolescent patients. Data were collected through a socio-demographic questionnaire and a battery of instruments which includes the following scales: PAS-S, PANSS, LSP, GAF and DAS-sv. The Cronbach's alpha was performed to assess the internal consistency of PAS-S. Pearson's correlations were performed to assess the convergent and discriminant validity. Results: The Cronbach's alpha of the PAS-S scale was 0.85. The correlation between social PAS-S and total PAS-S was 0.85 (p
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