Interrater reliability of the Japanese version of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale and the appraisal of its training effect

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 467-470

  Igarashi, Yoshito ^a   Hayashi, Naoki ^b   Yamashina, Mitsuru ^b   Otsuka, Naohisa ^a   Kuroki, Noriomi ^a   Anzai, Nobuo ^a   Kazamatsuri, Hajime ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interrater reliability; Intraclass coefficient; Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS); Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0031792395     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.00425.x     Document Type: Article

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