Development of a Computerized Adaptive Test Suicide Scale-The CAT-SS.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Current suicide risk screening and measurement are inefficient, have limited measurement precision, and focus entirely on suicide-related items. For this study, a psychometric harmonization between related suicide, depression, and anxiety symptom domains that provides a more balanced and complete spectrum of suicidal symptomatology was developed. The objective of this article is to describe the results of the early stages of computerized adaptive testing development for a suicide scale and pave the way for the final stage of validation.

Methods

Data from psychiatric outpatients at the University of Pittsburgh and a community health clinic were collected from January 2010 through June 2012. 789 participants were enrolled in the calibration phase; 70% were female, an

SUBMITTER: Gibbons RD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11986876 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov/Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature