Consistency and reliability of the auditory vocal hallucination rating scale (AVHRS)

• Published in: Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 305 - 310
• Main Authors: Bartels-Velthuis, A. A., van de Willige, G., Jenner, J. A., Wiersma, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01-09-2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Agreements; Child; Children & youth; Clinical medicine; Female; Hallucinations - diagnosis; Hallucinations - psychology; Humans; Interview, Psychological - methods; Interviews; Male; Middle Aged; Observer Variation; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - standards; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales - statistics & numerical data; Ratings & rankings; Reproducibility of Results; Self Report; Studies; Young Adult; Auditory hallucinations; psychometrics; interview; research
• ISSN: 2045-7960; 2045-7979
• DOI: 10.1017/S2045796012000108

In sample 2, the Dutch Central Committee on Research involving Human Subjects did not allow inter-rater agreement assessments. [...]each of the eight interviewers of sample 2 rated five DVD-recorded interviews of VOPD patients. [...]a supposedly limitation of not performing factor analyses (like Haddock et al. 1999), would not add to better reliability of the scale, as in our opinion all topics of the AVHRS are important, making the outcome of the interview not reducible to a few major factors.