AIMS ratings-repeatability

J. A. Bergen; N. B. Carter; J. C. Craig; D. MacFarlane; E. F. Smith; P. J.V. Beumont

doi:10.1192/bjp.152.5.670

AIMS ratings-repeatability

J. A. Bergen, N. B. Carter, J. C. Craig, D. MacFarlane, E. F. Smith, P. J.V. Beumont

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Abstract

In the present study, two raters, a psychologist and a nurse, each made five independent ratings of 30 different video-recorded patient-examinations. Having thus excluded patient fluctuation, individual-rater consistency and between-rater agreement over the 6 weeks of the study are examined. While between-rater agreement was apparently being maintained, mean AIMS scores steadily increased. In the hands of these raters, AIMS items 2 and 4 emerged as very reliable, while items 1, 6, and 7 showed high variability. Some patients appeared to be hard to rate. Differences between the study raters and the author JB highlight the issue: how reproducible is an AIMS rating?

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	670-673
Number of pages	4
Journal	British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	152
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.152.5.670
Publication status	Published - May 1988
Externally published	Yes

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