Establishing the cut-off score for aggression on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale-Excited Component (BPRS-EC) in schizophrenia patients

Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology

Norman Sartorius¹  Mian-Yoon Chong²  Afzal Javed³  Yong Chon Park⁴  Andi Jayalangkara Tanra⁵  Eun Young Jang⁶  Seon-Cheol Park⁷  Gyung-Mee Kim⁷  Kok Yoon Chee⁸  Takahiro A. Kato⁹  Chay Hoon Tan^1,10  Sandeep Grover^1,11  Ajit Avasthi^1,11  Naotaka Shinfuku^1,12 

[1] Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes;Chang Gung University School of Medicine;Fountain House;Hanyang University Guri Hospital;Hasanuddin University;Honam University College of Humanities and Social Sciences;Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital;Kuala Lumpur Hospital;Kyushu University;National University Hospital;Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER);Seinan Gakuin University;

关键词: aggression;    brief psychiatric rating scale-excited component (bprs-ec);    schizophrenia;    excitement;    hostility;    uncooperativeness;   

DOI  :  10.1080/24750573.2019.1626067

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to present the scalability and cut-off score for the presence of aggression on the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale-Excited Component (BPRS-EC) in schizophrenia patients. METHODS: From the Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Patterns for Antipsychotics, 1,438 Asian patients with schizophrenia were recruited in present study. The Mokken analysis was used to evaluate scalability of the BPRS-EC. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to establish the optimal cut-off score for the presence of aggression on the BPRS-6 in schizophrenia patients. RESULTS: The Mokken model presented that the scalability of the BPRS-EC was considered to have a strong “unidimensionality” (coefficient of scalability = 0.57). The ROC curve showed that, with the cut-off score of 5, the total score on the BPRS-EC distinguished the absence and presence of aggression in schizophrenia patients. CONCLUSION: The BPRS-EC can be used as a supplementary scale for evaluating aggression in patients with schizophrenia.

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