PMID- 18804960
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090610
LR  - 20160526
IS  - 0920-9964 (Print)
IS  - 0920-9964 (Linking)
VI  - 106
IP  - 2-3
DP  - 2008 Dec
TI  - Novel rating scales for schizophrenia - Targeted Inventory on Problems in 
      Schizophrenia (TIP-Sz) and Functional Assessment for Comprehensive Treatment of 
      Schizophrenia (FACT-Sz).
PG  - 328-36
LID - 10.1016/j.schres.2008.08.013 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Many rating scales have been in use to evaluate various symptomatic 
      domains, and eventually there are too many scales to be selected and widely 
      utilized in busy real-world settings. Relevant, quick, and user-friendly 
      assessment scales are needed to facilitate measurement-based treatment of 
      schizophrenia. METHODS: The authors created unique convenient assessment scales: 
      Targeted Inventory on Problems in Schizophrenia (TIP-Sz), and Functional 
      Assessment for Comprehensive Treatment of Schizophrenia (FACT-Sz). The TIP-Sz 
      consists of 10 items (behavioral dyscontrol/disorganization, 
      hostility/agitation/violence, indifference/affective withdrawal/motor 
      retardation, symptoms on mood/anxiety/obsession/compulsion, insight/reality 
      testing, social competence/independence, adherence to treatment, therapeutic 
      alliance/comfort of therapists on the situation, overall prognostic impression, 
      and subjective well-being/satisfaction with therapy). They are all common and 
      frequently problematic, and each item is rated from 0-10. The FACT-Sz evaluates 
      psychosocial functioning of patients with a score of 0-100, and is judged 
      entirely on an objective basis. Their correlations with the frequently utilized 
      Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), Global Assessment of Functioning 
      (GAF), and Clinical Global Impression-Severity subscale were determined. RESULTS: 
      Data on 36 patients, assessed separately by four experienced psychiatrists, were 
      analyzed. Under an excellent interrater reliability among raters (Intraclass 
      correlation coefficients: 0.822-0.966), correlations among the scales were very 
      high (Spearman's rho: 0.825-0.909), and other indicators of the scale were 
      generally good. Specifically, the TIP-Sz and FACT-Sz could be rated at 1/3-1/4 of 
      time to complete the PANSS and GAF. CONCLUSION: The TIP-Sz and FACT-Sz proved to 
      be reliable and valid, which would be of value in daily clinical practice as a 
      minimum standardized assessment set.
FAU - Suzuki, Takefumi
AU  - Suzuki T
AD  - Keio University, School of Medicine, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. 
      takefumi@oak.dti.ne.jp
FAU - Uchida, Hiroyuki
AU  - Uchida H
FAU - Nomura, Kensuke
AU  - Nomura K
FAU - Takeuchi, Hiroyoshi
AU  - Takeuchi H
FAU - Nakajima, Shinichiro
AU  - Nakajima S
FAU - Tanabe, Akira
AU  - Tanabe A
FAU - Yagi, Gohei
AU  - Yagi G
FAU - Watanabe, Koichiro
AU  - Watanabe K
FAU - Kashima, Haruo
AU  - Kashima H
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20080919
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Schizophr Res
JT  - Schizophrenia research
JID - 8804207
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Schizophrenia/*diagnosis/therapy
MH  - *Schizophrenic Psychology
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2008/09/23 09:00
MHDA- 2009/06/11 09:00
CRDT- 2008/09/23 09:00
PHST- 2008/04/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/08/06 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/08/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/09/23 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/06/11 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/09/23 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0920-9964(08)00379-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.schres.2008.08.013 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Schizophr Res. 2008 Dec;106(2-3):328-36. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2008.08.013. Epub 
      2008 Sep 19.