Reliability and cultural applicability of the Greek version of the International Personality Disorders Examination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The International Personality Disorders Examination (IPDE) constitutes the proposal of the WHO for the reliable diagnosis of personality disorders (PD). The IPDE assesses pathological personality and is compatible both with DSM-IV and ICD-10 diagnosis. However it is important to test the reliability and cultural applicability of different IPDE translations.

Methods

Thirty-one patients (12 male and 19 female) aged 35.25 +/- 11.08 years, took part in the study. Three examiners applied the interview (23 interviews of two and 8 interviews of 3 examiners, that is 47 pairs of interviews and 70 single interviews). The phi coefficient was used to test categorical diagnosis agreement and the Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient to test agreement concerning the nu

SUBMITTER: Fountoulakis KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC116573 | biostudies-literature | 2002 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature