Panic disorder severity scale: Reliability and validity of the Turkish version

Monkul E., Tural O., Onur E., Fidaner H., Alkin T., Shear M.

DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, cilt.20, sa.1, ss.8-16, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/da.20011
  • Dergi Adı: DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.8-16
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: panic disorder severity, inter-rater reliability, test-retest reliability, panic scales
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We assessed the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the seven-item Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS). We recruited 174 subjects, including 104 with current DSM-IV panic disorder with (n = 76) or without (n = 28) agoraphobia, 14 with a major depressive episode, 24 with a non-panic anxiety disorder, and 32 healthy controls. Assessment instruments were Panic Disorder Severity Scale, Panic and Agoraphobia Scale, both the observer-rated (P&Ao) and self-rating (PAsr); Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI); Hamilton Anxiety Scale, and Beck Depression Inventory. We repeated the measures for a group of panic disorder patients (n = 51) after 4 weeks to assess test-retest reliability. The internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) of the PDSS was .92-94. The inter-rater correlation coefficient was .79. The test-retest correlation coefficient after 4 weeks was .63. In discriminant validity analyses, the highest correlation for PDSS was with P&Ao, P&Asr (r =. 87 and. 87, respectively) and CGI (r =. 76) and the lowest with Beck Depression Inventory (r =. 29). The cutoff point was six/seven, associated with high sensitivity (99%) and specificity (98%). This study confirmed the objectivity, reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the PDSS. (C) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.