Citation

Betemps EJ. Psychiatr. Serv. 1999; 50(1): 107-108.

Affiliation

College of Nursing of the University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0038, USA. liz.betemps@uc.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9890591

Abstract

The author describes the development and evaluation of the Psychiatric Discomfort Scale, a self-report instrument that provides a quantitative measurement of patients' discomfort with psychiatric symptoms that change over time. Initially, a 60-item instrument was evaluated with 55 psychiatric inpatients in a Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center and a comparison group of 71 medical outpatients in the VA system. It was revised and tested again with 292 outpatients in treatment for psychosis. The resulting 23-item instrument was found to be internally consistent and responsive to changes in a patient's condition over time.

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