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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hofmann, Andreas B.
• Schmid, Hanna M.
• Jabat, Mounira
• Brackmann, Nathalie
• Noboa, Vanessa
• Bobes, Julio
• Garcia-Portilla, Maria Paz
• Seifritz, Erich
• Vetter, Stefan
• Egger, Stephan T.

Titel

Utility and validity of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) as a transdiagnostic scale

Ist Teil von

• Psychiatry research, 2022-08, Vol.314, p.114659-114659, Article 114659

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

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Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale is useful for transdiagnostic assessment.•Network analyses show close interplay of symptoms and functionality.•BPRS and mini-ICF-APP show good internal consistency. The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) was originally conceived to assess psychopathology in several psychiatric disorders, making it an appropriate candidate to be used as a transdiagnostic instrument. We analyzed the utility and validity of the BPRS in a diagnostically heterogeneous sample of 600 psychiatric inpatients. As a comparator, we chose the mini-ICF-APP, a scale used to measure functioning and impairment across the diagnostic spectrum. Both scales had good internal consistency. The BPRS and the mini-ICF-APP showed a moderate correlation, with good levels of agreement. We were able to identify general symptoms present across the diagnostic spectrum, influencing severity and a cluster of symptoms specific for each diagnosis. Our results show the utility and validity of the BPRS as a transdiagnostic assessment tool that could easily be introduced in routine clinical work.