TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of brief measures of psychosocial adjustment to medical illness applied to cancer patients
AU - Morrow, Gary R.
AU - Feldstein, Michael
AU - Adler, Leta M.
AU - Derogatis, Leonard R.
AU - Enelow, Allen J.
AU - Gates, Christopher
AU - Holland, Jimmie
AU - Melisaratos, Nick
AU - Murawski, Benjamin J.
AU - Penman, Doris
AU - Schmale, Arthur
AU - Schmitt, Madeline
AU - Morse, Ikla
N1 - Funding Information:
These studies supported by grant No. CA 19681 from the Division of Cancer Control and Rehabilitation, National Cancer Institute, DHEW, to the Psychosocial Collaboratiue Oncology Group (PSYCOG).
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1981/6
Y1 - 1981/6
N2 - The interrater reliability and validity of brief interview rated measures of psychosocial adjustment were examined in four sequential studies. A total of 25 videotaped interviews with cancer patients were rated by 105 social workers, nurses, physicians, and specialists in psychosocial oncology. The Rating of Psychosocial Function (RPF), Coping Adequacy Rating (CAR), and Global Adjustment to Illness Scale (GAIS) were used by various rating groups with an indication of interrater agreement. Agreement on ratings was not influenced by the length of interview (15 vs. 30 minutes) but appeared to be affected by the structure of the interview and profession of the raters. All three instruments showed a measure of matching with clinical impressions in addition to demonstrating a measure of both convergent and divergent construct validation. The GAIS was chosen as most adequately reflecting their clinical impression by a majority of raters. With a degree of training, any of the three instruments could be used to assess psychosocial adjustment with some measure of confidence in the validity of the rating.
AB - The interrater reliability and validity of brief interview rated measures of psychosocial adjustment were examined in four sequential studies. A total of 25 videotaped interviews with cancer patients were rated by 105 social workers, nurses, physicians, and specialists in psychosocial oncology. The Rating of Psychosocial Function (RPF), Coping Adequacy Rating (CAR), and Global Adjustment to Illness Scale (GAIS) were used by various rating groups with an indication of interrater agreement. Agreement on ratings was not influenced by the length of interview (15 vs. 30 minutes) but appeared to be affected by the structure of the interview and profession of the raters. All three instruments showed a measure of matching with clinical impressions in addition to demonstrating a measure of both convergent and divergent construct validation. The GAIS was chosen as most adequately reflecting their clinical impression by a majority of raters. With a degree of training, any of the three instruments could be used to assess psychosocial adjustment with some measure of confidence in the validity of the rating.
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U2 - 10.1016/0163-8343(81)90048-7
DO - 10.1016/0163-8343(81)90048-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 7250700
AN - SCOPUS:0019406015
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 3
SP - 79
EP - 88
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -