These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: [Validation of a version in Spanish of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale].
    Author: Vega-Dienstmaier JM, Sal Y Rosas HJ, Mazzotti Suárez G, Vidal H, Guimas B, Adrianzén C, Vivar R.
    Journal: Actas Esp Psiquiatr; 2002; 30(1):30-5. PubMed ID: 11893289.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study is to validate a version in Spanish of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS). METHOD: We administered to 20 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) the Maudsley Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (MOI) and a version in Spanish of the Y-BOCS. The application of the last one was performed by an interviewer, filmed, and then watched and rated by other 4 observers. In addition, the opinion of the treating psychiatrist about the severity of the patient's symptoms was registered. The interviewer and the observers were named raters. RESULTS: The mean scores of the Y-BOCS assigned by the 4 observers were from 18.35 to 19.55; the maximum scores, from 34 to 35; and the minimum scores, from 1 to 5. The Pearson's correlations between raters were significant for all cases (r>0.86 and p<0.001). For all raters, Y-BOCS scores significantly correlated with MOI scores (p<0.001) and the opinion of the treating psychiatrist (p<0.05). We did not find significant correlation between the last one and MOI scores. The Cronbach's coefficients ranged from 0.8789 to 0.9488. CONCLUSIONS: The Spanish version of the Y-BOCS is reliable, homogeneous and valid for quantification of the obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and has more correlation with the opinion of the treating psychiatrist than the MOI.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]