Test characteristics of the Hopkins Symptom Check List-25 (HSCL-25) in Sweden, using the Present State Examination (PSE-9) as a caseness criterion

P Nettelbladt; L Hansson; C G Stefansson; L Borgquist; G Nordström

doi:10.1007/BF00801743

Test characteristics of the Hopkins Symptom Check List-25 (HSCL-25) in Sweden, using the Present State Examination (PSE-9) as a caseness criterion

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 1993 Jul;28(3):130-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00801743.

Authors

P Nettelbladt¹, L Hansson, C G Stefansson, L Borgquist, G Nordström

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Lund University, Sweden.

PMID: 8378808
DOI: 10.1007/BF00801743

Abstract

The Hopkins Symptom Check List-25 (HSCL-25) is a screening instrument designed to identify common psychiatric symptoms. It has been widely used in different settings outside Sweden and also compared to assessment of psychiatric illness made by general practitioners. The aim of the present study was to validate the HSCL-25 against a psychiatric interview using the Present State Examination (PSE-9) in a Swedish sample of patients in general practice. Validity coefficients of the HSCL-25 were calculated for two different thresholds of caseness, > or = 1.55 and > or = 1.75, respectively. When > or = 1.75 was chosen as a cutoff point, the validity coefficients obtained by the HSCL-25 in this study were comparable to those obtained in other studies.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders / diagnosis*
Mental Disorders / epidemiology
Middle Aged
Personality Inventory* / statistics & numerical data
Predictive Value of Tests
Prevalence
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales* / statistics & numerical data
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sweden / epidemiology