Conference paper

THE CROATIAN VERSION OF DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW FOR GENETIC STUDIES

Dubravka Glučina ; Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Split, University School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Dolores Britvić ; Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Split, University School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Davor Lasić ; Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Split, University School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Milenka Dedić ; Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Split, University School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Marko Jakelić ; Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Split, University School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Igna Brajević-Gizdić ; Public Health Institute of Split-Dalmatian County, Split, Croatia
Žana Kralj ; Clinic for Psychiatry, Clinical Hospital Split, University School of Medicine, Split, Croatia
Maja Bucan ; University of Pensylvania, Department of psychiatry, USA

Abstract

Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS) is a moder structured interview schedule that has been in use since 1994. Main purpose of the DIGS is to record information regarding to a subject's functioning and psychopathology and it was specifically designed for psychiatric genetic studies. The DIGS is also suitable for making diagnostics, evalouation of comorbidity and other researches. IT contents items and sections and has a semi-structured design that gives interviewers the freedom needed to extract the best information possible. The validity of a Croatian versin of the DIGS was invastigated. The original English version was initially translated to Croatian. The Croatian versin was then back-translated and compared with the original. In this paper we will describe each item that DIGS contents as well as the use of this diagnostic instrument.

Keywords

diagnostic interview for genetic studies; semi-structured design; psychiatric genetic studies; psychopatology; comorbidity

Hrčak ID:

55668

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/55668

Publication date:

30.6.2010.

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