Agreement between face-to-face and telephone-administered versions of the depression section of the NIMH diagnostic interview schedule

摘要: To increase the feasibility of identifying persons with depressive disorders in a large-scale health policy study, we tested concordance between face-to-face and telephone-administered versions depression section NIMH Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS). This was administered over telephone to 230 English-speaking participants Los Angeles site Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program (ECA) after their completion interview (Wave II) full DIS. Time lag interviews 3 months, on average. Persons symptoms were oversampled. Using version as criterion measure, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value for presence or absence any lifetime unipolar disorder 71, 89, 63 percent, respectively; kappa statistic 0.57, agreement unbiased. The comparable figures two one year apart same subjects 54, 60 percent 0.45 (kappa), respectively. Thus, disagreement due primarily test-retest unreliability DIS rather than method administration.