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A comparison of face-to-face and remote assessment of inter-rater reliability on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale via videoconferencing
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Psychiatry Research . Feb2008, Vol. 158 Issue 1, p99-103. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- Abstract: Poor inter-rater reliability (IRR) is an important methodological factor that may contribute to failed trials. The sheer number of raters at diverse sites in multicenter trials presents a formidable challenge in calibration. Videoconferencing allows for the evaluation of IRR of raters at diverse sites by enabling raters at different sites to each independently interview a common patient. This is a more rigorous test of IRR than passive rating of videotapes. To evaluate the potential impact of videoconferencing on IRR, we compared IRR obtained via videoconference to IRR obtained using face-to-face interviews. Four raters at three different locations were paired using all pair-wise combinations of raters. Using videoconferencing, each paired rater independently conducted an interview with the same patient, who was at a third, central location. Raters were blind to each others'' scores. ICC from this cohort (n =22) was not significantly different from the ICC obtained by a cohort using two face-to-face interviews (n =21) (0.90 vs. 0.93, respectively) nor from a cohort using one face-to-face interview and one remote interview (n =21) (0.88). The mean Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) scores obtained were not significantly different. There appears to be no loss of signal using remote methods of calibration compared with traditional face-to-face methods. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- *TELECONFERENCING
*HEALTH outcome assessment
*TELEMEDICINE
PSYCHIATRIC research
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01651781
- Volume :
- 158
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychiatry Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29375871
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2007.06.025