The Reliability and Validity of Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Present and Lifetime Version- Korean Version (K-SADS-PL-K) .
- Author:
Young Shin KIM
1
;
Keun Ah CHEON
;
Boong Nyun KIM
;
Soon Ah CHANG
;
Hee Jeong YOO
;
Jae Won KIM
;
Soo Churl CHO
;
Dong Hyang SEO
;
Myeong Ok BAE
;
Yu Kyoung SO
;
Joo Sun NOH
;
Yun Joo KOH
;
Keith MCBURNETT
;
Bennett LEVENTHAL
Author Information
- Publication Type:Original Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Validation Studies
- Keywords: K-SADS-PL-K; validity; reliability
- MeSH: Adolescent; Child; Human; Korea; Mood Disorders/*diagnosis; Predictive Value of Tests; *Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Reproducibility of Results; Schizophrenia/*diagnosis; Sensitivity and Specificity; Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Translations
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal 2004;45(1):81-89
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: In order to develop a structured and objective diagnostic instrument, authors completed: (1) the translation and back translation of the Korean version of the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Present and Lifetime Version (K-SADS-PL) and (2) the examination of its validity and reliability of the K-SADS-PL-Korean version (K-SADS- PL) when used with Korean children. A total of 91 study subjects were recruited from child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinics. Clinical diagnoses were used as a gold standard for the examination of validity of K-SADS-PL-K. Consensual validity of threshold and sub-threshold diagnoses were good to excellent for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), fair for tic and oppositional defiant disorders, and poor to fair for anxiety and depressive disorders. Inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities were fair to excellent for ADHD and tic disorder. The significant correlations between the K-SADS-PL-K and Korean Child Behavior Checklist (K-CBCL) were found, which provided additional support for the concurrent validity of the K-SADS-PL-K. Sensitivities varied according to the diagnostic categories, but specificities remained high over all diagnoses, suggesting that the K-SADS-PL-K is a desirable confirmatory diagnostic tool. The results of this study suggest that the K-SADS-PL-K is an effective instrument for diagnosing major child psychiatric disorders, including ADHD, behavioral disorders and tic disorders in Korean children. Future studies will examine the validity and reliability of the K-SADS-PL-K in larger samples, including adolescents and community samples on a variety of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders.
