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| A preliminary study of the diagnostic accuracy of the Gerontological Personality disorders Scale (GPS) | | Author(s) | S P J van Alphen, G J J A Engelen, Y Kuin |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 9, September 2006 |
| Pages | pp 862-868 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Personality disorders ; Screening ; Diagnosis ; Evaluation ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | There is still a lack of diagnostic instruments that are specifically developed to diagnose personality disorder in older people. The authors report on a draft version of the 52 item Gerontological Personality disorders Scale (GPS) which consists of two sections: one for patients and one for informants. The diagnostic accuracy of the instrument has been assessed in a community mental health setting in the Netherlands with 159 patients aged 60+ and 96 informants. In the patient section, 16 items had a reasonable score both for sensitivity and specificity (approximately 70%). The internal consistency was moderate for habitual behaviour (HAB, 7 items) and good for biographical information (BIO, 9 items). The test and retest reliability was moderate for HAB and excellent for BIO. The informant section, on the other hand, had a low score for sensitivity (45%) and a good score for specificity (78%). Therefore, further research is necessary to improve diagnostic accuracy of the GPS. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061012001 A |
| Classmark | EK: 3V: LK7: 4C: 76H |
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