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Reliability of the Camberwell assessment of need (Chinese version) for patients with schizophrenia at a daycare center of Taiwan

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology volume 41, pages 75–80 (2006)Cite this article

Abstract

Background

Despite its wide use in different cultures and languages, there has been no report about the Camberwell Assessment of Need (CAN) in Chinese patients.

Method

Forty-one Chinese chronic schizophrenic patients were interviewed to test the interrater reliability and test–retest reliability of the Chinese version of CAN.

Results

The interrater reliability ranged from 0.82 to 0.98 when computed by intraclass correlations (ICC) for the numbers of needs and from 0.65 to 1.00 by Cohen's κ coefficients for individual domain. The test–retest reliability was moderate to good for the numbers of needs (ICC=0.64–0.81), but varied when counted by Cohen's κ coefficients for individual domain.

Conclusion

Although limited by the homogeneity and small sample size of the study group, this is the first trial of the CAN in Chinese culture. The satisfactory reliability and easy application make this instrument suitable for clinical use in Chinese culture.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the grant from Taipei Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan (Grant No. 91-165A).

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  1. Division of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Dept. of Psychiatry, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Shih-Pai Rd., Sec. II, Taipei, Taiwan

    Hong-Shiow Yeh MD, Hung-Jen Liu MD & Ying-Chiao Lee MD

  2. Dept. of Nursing, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ray-Ling Luh RN, MS

  3. Section of Psychiatry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ying-Chiao Lee MD

  4. Health Services Research Dept., Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

    Mike Slade CPsychol

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Yeh, HS., Luh, RL., Liu, HJ. et al. Reliability of the Camberwell assessment of need (Chinese version) for patients with schizophrenia at a daycare center of Taiwan. Soc Psychiat Epidemiol 41, 75–80 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-005-0990-2

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Key words

  • needs assessment
  • Chinese
  • Camberwell Assessment of Need
  • reliability
  • schizophrenia