Table 1

Studies comparing clinical diagnoses with diagnoses generated with diagnostic interviews
STUDY
 INSTRUMENT
 Sample Size
 Dx
 Median kappa
 Range
Inpatients
Carlson et al.(1987) [28]
 K-SADS-P
 30
 6
 .50
 .16 to .69

DICA (Child version)

.38
 .15 to .75

DICA-P (Parent version)

.40
 .05 to .66
Welner et al.(1987) [29]
 DICA-C (Child version)
 27
 5*
 .26
 -.18 to .52
Apter et al.(1989) [30]
 K-SADS-P (Hebrew)
 70
 6*
 .64
 NA
Weinstein et al.(1989) [31]
 DISC-1
 163
 6*
 .09
 .03 to .17
Aronen et al.(1993) [32]
 "
 "
 6*
 .09
 -.07 to .22
Vitiello et al.(1990) [33]
 DICA-C
 46
 3*
 .28
 -.03 to .62

DICA-P

.28
 .10 to .48
Shanee et al.(1997) [34]
 K-SADS-PL (Hebrew)
 57
 19
 .80
 .48 to 1.00
Fristad et al.(1998) [35]
 CHIPS
 47
 15
 .51
 .31 to .78
Pellegrino et al.(1999) [36]
 DISC-R 2.1
 50
 5
 .09
 .03 to .61

Note: Dx = Number of disorders on which the standard kappas were calculated

*Broad diagnostic clusters

• K-SADS-P = Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present Episode Version (K-SADS-P) [9]. K-SADS-PL = Present and Lifetime version [37].

• DICA = Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children and Adolescents [38]. DICA-C = child version. DICA-P = Parent version [39,40]. DICA-R = Revised version [41-43].

• CHIPS = Children's Interview for Psychiatric Syndromes [44].

• DISC-1 = Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children [45]. DISC-R 2.1 = second revision [46]. DISC 2.3 = version 2.3 [47]. DISC-IV = version IV [48].

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