Telephone versus face-to-face administration of the Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition , for diagnosis of psychotic disorders

• Published in: Comprehensive psychiatry Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 579 - 583
• Main Authors: Hajebi, Ahmad, Motevalian, Abbas, Amin-Esmaeili, Masoumeh, Hefazi, Mitra, Radgoodarzi, Reza, Rahimi-Movaghar, Afarin, Sharifi, Vandad
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-07-2012; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Female; Humans; Interview, Psychological; Interviews; Iran; Likelihood Functions; Longitudinal Studies; Low income groups; Male; Medical research; Medical sciences; Mental disorders; Mental health; Methods; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychotic Disorders - diagnosis; Remote Consultation; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Studies; Telephone; Validity; Iran; Psychosis; Telephone; Social interaction; Directive interview; Clinical interview; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV; Comparative study
• ISSN: 0010-440X; 1532-8384
• DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.06.001

Abstract Objective The current study aims to compare telephone vs face-to-face administration of the version of Structured Clinical Interview for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition , (SCID) for diagnosis of “any psychotic disorder” in a clinical population in Iran. Method The sample consisted of 72 subjects from 2 psychiatric outpatient services in Tehran, Iran. The subjects were interviewed using face-to-face SCID for the purpose of diagnosing psychotic disorders. A second independent telephone SCID was administered to the entire sample within 5 to 10 days, and the lifetime and 12-month diagnoses were compared. Results The positive likelihood ratio of telephone-administered SCID for diagnosis of “any lifetime psychotic disorder” was 5.1 when compared with the face-to-face SCID. The value for the primary psychotic disorders in the past 12 months was lower (2.3). Conclusions The data indicate that telephone administration of the SCID is an acceptable method to differentiate between subjects with lifetime psychotic disorders and those who have had no psychotic disorders and provides a less resource-demanding alternative to face-to-face assessments.