The acceptance of the K-SADS-PL - potential predictors for the overall satisfaction of parents and interviewers.

ABSTRACT: The presented study investigated the interviewee (parents) and interviewer acceptance of the semi-structured diagnostic interview Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Aged Children Present Lifetime version (KSADS-PL; German version). Seventeen certified interviewers conducted 231 interviews (interviewers conducted several interviews; interviewees were only questioned once). Interviewees and interviewers anonymously rated their acceptance right after the interview was finished. The nested data structure was analysed regarding an individual interviewer bias and potential predictors of overall satisfaction. Therefore, factors improvable by interviewer training were included, as well as fixed factors which cannot be improved by professional training. The overall

SUBMITTER: Matuschek T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6878286 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature