Validation of the clutter image rating (CIR) scale among psychiatric outpatients in Singapore

BMC Psychiatry

Research Article

Ying Wen Lau¹  Mythily Subramaniam¹  Siow Ann Chong¹  Vathsala Sagayadevan¹  Siau Pheng Lee²  Clarissa Ong³ 

[1] Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, 539747, Singapore, Singapore;Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, 539747, Singapore, Singapore;Present address: Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China;Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, 539747, Singapore, Singapore;Present address: Department of Psychology, Utah State University, 2810 Old Main Hill, 84322-2810, Logan, UT, USA;

关键词: Clutter;    Hoarding;    Validation;    SI-R;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12888-016-1125-x

 received in 2016-08-05, accepted in 2016-11-11,  发布年份 2016

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe Clutter Image Rating (CIR) Scale though extensively used to assess hoarding behavior, has mainly been validated in Western populations.MethodsThe current study sought to validate the CIR in a sample of psychiatric outpatients (n = 500) in Singapore. Convergent and divergent validity as well as inter-observer reliabilities between participant CIR and interviewer-rated CIR were calculated.ResultsThe CIR performed fairly in identifying participants with and without hoarding problems according to the Savings Inventory Revised (SI-R). The CIR composite demonstrated good convergent validity with the SI-R clutter subscale, the SI-R total and the Activities of Daily Living Scale for Hoarding (ADL-H) scale and discriminant validity with the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire – Short Form (Q-LES-Q-SF) scale.ConclusionsFindings add valuable knowledge to the utility of the CIR in an Asian population.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2016