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The Disability Assessment Schedule: a brief screening device for use with the mentally retarded

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Nan Holmes ,
Amitta Shah  and
Lorna Wing
Nan Holmes*
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Amitta Shah
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Lorna Wing
Affiliation:
MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Ms Nan Holmes, MRC Social Psychiatry Unit. Institute of Psychiatry. De Crespigny Park. Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.
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Synopsis

Various types of reliability measures were conducted on the Disability Assessment Schedule, a structured interview devised to elicit from parents or care staff details of impairments, skills and behaviour problems in mentally retarded children and adults. The results indicated high overall agreement when the schedule was repeated over time, and also when used by several trained interviewers to rate the same interview. Problems arising from the use of such interview schedules are discussed, and suggestions are made for improving the design and method of administration.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , November 1982 , pp. 879 - 890
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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