Interrater reliability of the DSM-III diagnoses in two Norwegian studies on psychiatric and super obese patients
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
- Vol. 73 (s328), 18-21
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb10519.x
Abstract
Two Norwegian psychiatrists classified independently according to DSM-III, 45 patients drawn at random from two populations: one of psychiatric patients (N = 161) and one of super obese surgical patients (N = 71). They interviewed the patients and listened to each other's audio-taped interviews afterwards. In the total group, on axis I the overall agreement was 78 percent (kappa = 0.74). On axis II, the overall agreement was 81 percent (kappa = 0.68). The study shows that by using the DSM-III, two Norwegian psychiatrists obtained good diagnostic reliability.Keywords
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