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The Reliability and Validity of the Proposed Axis V (Disabilities) of ICD–10

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Tewfik K. Daradkeh  and
A. Saad
Tewfik K. Daradkeh*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
A. Saad
Affiliation:
Al Ain Hospital, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
*
Prof. T. K. Daradkeh, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, UAE University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Abstract

Background

The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the newly proposed axis V (disabilities) of ICD-10.

Method

Eighty-six acutely ill men and women were prospectively recruited from the Al Ain psychiatric units, UAE. Both versions of ICD–10, the Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines and the Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR) were used for coding axis I psychiatric diagnosis and its grade of severity; the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule was used to assess disabilities.

Results

Inter-rater reliability of the DAS items ranged from moderate to good, and axis V ratings correctly predicted 84% of the observed classification on axis I.

Conclusion

Axis V is a valid measure of disabilities, but is limited by its modest reliability.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1994), 165, 683–685

Type
Short papers
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 165 , Issue 5 , November 1994 , pp. 683 - 685
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994 

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