[Acceptability, reliability and validity of the Corney and Clare social problems questionnaire]. / Aceptabilidad, fiabilidad y validez del cuestionario de problemas sociales de Corney y Clare.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the acceptability, reliability and concurrent validity of the CORNEY and CLARE self-administered social problems questionnaire. DESIGN: Reliability was studied by a test-retest (24 hours). Validity (concordance) was studied through comparison with a standard social adaptation interview. SETTING: Primary Health Care. PATIENTS: Consecutive patients attached to a long-treatment nursing station and 4 medical clinics. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The questionnaire consisted of 33 items and evaluated 9 areas of social functioning. In each area, the items covered 2 types of evaluation: problems in objective circumstances or in functioning and level of satisfaction. There were no significant difficulties in the questionnaire's administration. In the test-retest evaluation, there was adequate concordance of the average scores of the items evaluating difficulties and problems. This was not the case for the average scores of the items which evaluated satisfaction. The validity of 28 of the questionnaire's 33 items was examined. A moderate concordance level was found for 11 items on the questionnaire. An average score taken from these items provided a sufficient measurement of tendency regarding the overall seriousness of the subjects' social problems. CONCLUSIONS: The results do not favour the use of this questionnaire as a substitute for standard interviews in the evaluation of specific social problems, but do support the use of part of it in order to obtain a valid tendency measurement.

[Reliability, validity and sensitivity to change of the psychiatric evaluation scale of Krawiecka]. / Fiabilidad, validez y sensibilidad al cambio de la escala de evaluación psiquiátrica de Krawiecka.

An analysis of the inter-rater reliability, validity and sensibility to clinical change of Krawiecka's "Psychiatric Evaluation Scale" was carried out. Reliability was found to be fair to good in all items and the total score, the lowest values corresponding to "blunted-incongruent affect". Global validity was tested against Endicott et al's GAS and partial validity of "depression" against Beck Depression Inventory. In both cases positive and significant correlations were attained. The scale was also found to be sensitive to clinical changes in the following items: anxiety, delusions, hallucinations, incoherent-irrelevant speech and total score. Total score at one month after discharge significantly correlated with Strauss-Carpenter's "Out-come Scale" Endicott et al's GAS and a measure of daily instrumental activities eight months later.

[Factorial structure and internal consistency of the psychiatric evaluation scale of Krawiecka]. / Estructura factorial y consistencia interna de la escala de evaluacíon psiquiátrica de Krawiecka.

An analysis of internal consistency and factorial structure of Krawiecka's Psychiatric Evaluation Scale was carried out. Global alpha coefficient was found to be 0.36. Factorial analysis revealed the presence of three factors that accounted for 60% of total variance. Factor one included blunted-incongruent affect, poverty of speed and psychomotor retardation. Factor two loaded on delusions, hallucinations and anxiety-agitation and the third factor on incoherent-irrelevant speech and depression.