Psychometric properties and diagnostic criteria of Negative Symptoms Assessment-5 (NSA-5) in schizophrenia

Autor: M. V. Assanovich
Jazyk: ruština
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Обозрение психиатрии и медицинской психологии имени В.М. Бехтерева, Vol 0, Iss 1, Pp 83-92 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2313-7053
2713-055X
DOI: 10.31363/2313-7053-2020-1-83-92
Popis: The Negative Symptoms Assessment-5 (NSA-5) is clinical assessment tool for measuring the severity of negative symptoms that reflects the modern concept of negative syndrome. The purpose of this study was to conduct a comprehensive psychometric analysis of the Russian-language version of the NSA-5 with the determination of diagnostic criteria for assessing the severity of negative symptoms in the dynamics of treatment in patients with schizophrenia. Psychometric analysis was done on the base of the Rush measurement. Minimum clinically important differences were found using the MDC95% index for each score of the scale. The NSA-5 showed the adequate construct validity of its diagnostic points, the unidimensionality of the structure, high reliability and sensitivity to changes. The scale is able to differentiate 7 metric levels of severity of negative symptoms, diagnostic criteria are suitable for use in clinical practice and scientific research.
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