Findings indicated that although studies generally met st and ards in several quality areas , there is still room for improvement .
Areas for improvement include establishing representativeness , adequately describing clinical and demographic characteristics of the sample , and presenting better descriptions of important aspects of test and reference st and ard execution .
In addition , study quality has not appreciably improved since the publication of the STARD Statement in 2003 .
Despite the popularity of the PTSD Checklist ( PCL ) as a clinical screening test , there has been no comprehensive quality review of studies evaluating its diagnostic accuracy .
Comparability between telephone and face-to-face structured clinical interview for DSM-IV in assessing social anxiety disorder.
PURPOSE This article evaluates the comparability of the telephone and in-person Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV ( SCID ) interviews in assessing patients with social anxiety disorder ( SAD ) as an independent anxiety diagnosis . DESIGN AND METHODS One hundred subjects were r and omly selected and interviewed with the SCID , once by telephone and once in person ( 1 - 3 months later ) . FINDINGS The prevalence of SAD assessed with the telephone interviews was 56 % , whereas the in-person prevalence was 52 % , with no statistically significant difference . The test-retest kappa for the 200 interviews was .84 , indication of excellent agreement . PRACTICE IMPLICATION S These findings , along with the existing evidence of their validity , should encourage the use of SCID by telephone for SAD diagnostic interviews
Findings indicated that although studies generally met st and ards in several quality areas , there is still room for improvement .
Areas for improvement include establishing representativeness , adequately describing clinical and demographic characteristics of the sample , and presenting better descriptions of important aspects of test and reference st and ard execution .
In addition , study quality has not appreciably improved since the publication of the STARD Statement in 2003 .
Despite the popularity of the PTSD Checklist ( PCL ) as a clinical screening test , there has been no comprehensive quality review of studies evaluating its diagnostic accuracy .