1.The Reliability and Validity of Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV-Korean Version (DISC-IV).
Soo Churl CHO ; Boong Nyun KIM ; Jae Won KIM ; Hyo Won KIM ; Hyun Jeong CHOI ; Sun Woo JUNG ; Young Hui YANG ; Dong Seon CHUNGH ; Bock Ja GO ; Bong Seog KIM ; Min Sup SHIN ; Han Ik YOO ; Hee Jeong YOO ; Dong Woo LEE ; Sang Eun LEE ; Jun Young LEE ; Jae Won LEE ; Seong Ill JEON ; Hee Yeun JUNG ; Jin Pyo HONG ; Jun Won HWANG ; Sung Hee HAN
Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2007;18(2):138-144
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to evaluate the reliability and validity of the Korean Version of the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children Version IV(DISC-IV), a highly structured diagnostic interview used to assess more than 30 psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. METHODS: A total of 91 study subjects, including 67 subjects who visited the child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic at our institution and 24 community-based subjects, were assessed using the Korean Version of the DISCIV. Clinical diagnosis was used as a gold standard for the examination of the validity of the DISC-IV. Forty-four of the study subjects were randomly selected for test-retest reliability measurement. RESULTS: The validity of the Korean Version of the DISC-IV showed kappa values ranging from 0.25 to 0.40 in the clinical sample and 0.65 to 1.00 in the community sample. The sensitivities varied according to the diagnostic categories, but the specificities were excellent for all diagnostic entities. CONCLUSION: The Korean Version of the DISC-IV showed good reliability and validity in Korean children and adolescents. The Korean Version of the DISC-IV might be a useful tool for assessing psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.
Adolescent
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Adolescent Psychiatry
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Reproducibility of Results*
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