Telephone versus in-person clinical and health status assessment interviews in patients with bipolar disorder.

摘要: We evaluated the correspondence between in-person- and telephone interview-derived data on affective symptoms, health-related quality of life, disability days, medication compliance in patients with bipolar disorder. Twenty-eight outpatients DSM-III-R-documented disorder were randomly assigned to an initial in-person or interview. An average 4.0 days later, they reassessed by other interview method. Results indicate good excellent agreement interviews measures mania (intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) = 0.92) depression symptoms (ICC 0.90), suicide risk (k 0.80), alcohol use 0.61), scores Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (ICCs 0.66–0.92), 0.50–0.66). Measures bed 0.34) restricted activity 0.66) showed less agreement. Telephone are feasible reliable for collecting psychiatric ...