Adaptation and reliability of the structured clinical interview for DSM-5-disorders - clinician version (SCID-5/CV) to the Turkish language

Abstract

Objective: In this study, we aimed to adapt the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5-ClinicianVersion into Turkish and to demonstrate its reliability. Method: A total of 185 patients, both inpatient and outpatient, from two different university hospitals were included. Training sessions on the features and use of SCID-5/CV were held before the data collection. During the study, in order to test the diagnostic agreement and accuracy, two psychiatrists remained present at the evaluation of each participant; alternatively being interviewer and the observer. Cohen's kappa coefficient for inter-rater reliability was calculated for every diagnostic category. Results: The patient group had a mean age of 37.2 (±13.5) years and 55.7% were female. The education status was as follows: 2.7% were illiterate, 1.7% literate with no primary education, 33% had primary education, 23.8% had secondary education and 38.9% had higher education. The calculated kappa value showed excellent agreement for schizophrenia (?=0.93), bipolar disorder (?=0.96), major depressive disorder (?=0.89), dysthymic disorder (?=0.82), alcohol use disorder (?=0.96), panic disorder (?=0.84), agoraphobia (?=0.85), social anxiety disorder (?=0.95), generalized anxiety disorder (?=0.89), obsessive compulsive disorder (?=0.87), posttraumatic stress disorder (?=0.89), adult attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (?=1.00), specific phobias (?=0.82) and very good agreement with adjustment disorder (?=0.78) and somatic symptom disorder (?=0.65). Conclusion: Similar to the past SCID versions, kappa values were found to be quite high and all were statistically significant. The Turkish version of SCID-5/ CV can be reliably used in both clinical practice and clinical studies. © 2019, Turkish Association of Nervous and Mental Health.