Clinician-Reported Negative Symptom Scales: A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are correlated with reduction of normal function and lower quality of life. They were newly defined by the NIMH-MATRICS Consensus in 2005, dividing the rating tools to assess them into first-generation scales, developed before the Consensus, and second-generation scales, based on the recently introduced definitions.

Methods

The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instrument (COSMIN) guidelines for systematic reviews were used to evaluate the quality of psychometric data of the first-generation scales that cover the 5 negative symptom domains of the NIMHS Consensus: the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS), the High Royds Evaluation of Negativity Scale (HEN), and the Negative Symptom A

SUBMITTER: Weigel L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11661943 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature