Table 2

Studies comparing clinical diagnoses with diagnoses generated with diagnostic interviews (cont.)

STUDY
INSTRUMENT
Sample Size
Dx
Median kappa
Range

Community sample
Bird et al.(1992) [49]
DISC-C (Spanish)
386
5
.29
.04 to .42

DISC-P (")


.39
.24 to .50
Schwab-Stone (1996) [50]
DISC 2.3 – Parent
247
8
.47
.29 to .74

" – Youth


.33
.27 to .77

" – Combined


.49
.40 to .80

Outpatients
Rubio-Stipec et al.(1994) [51]
DISC-2 (Spanish) – Parent
322
7*
.32
.07 to .58

" – Youth


.29
-.02 to .54
Ezpeleta et al.(1997) [52]
DICA-R (Spanish) – Child
137
14
.31
-.04 to 1.00

" – Adolescent


.31
.07 to .55

" – Parent


.41
-.02 to 1.00
Fristad et al.(1998) [53]
CHIPS – Parent version
21**
14
.49
.03 to .81
Teare et al.(1998) [54]
" – Youth version
26**
12
.45
.01 to .72
Jensen et al.(2002) [3]
DISC-P 2.3
245
10
.06
-.03 to .27



5*
.09
.00 to .44
Lewczyk et al.(2003) [55]
DISC-IV
240
4*
.09
-.04 to .22
Kim et al.(2004) [56]
K-SADS-PL (Korean)
91
5*
.41
.24 to .69
Ghanizadeh et al.(2006) [57]
K-SADS-PL (Farsi)
109
16
.82
.49 to 1.00

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

*Broad diagnostic clusters; **In- and outpatients

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