The Italian version of the Geriatric Mental State Examination (GMS) was tested for interrater agreement (interobserver). Thirty geriatric patients from psychiatry, neurology and general medical facilities were interviewed by four raters. The mean values of kappa and phi for the analysable items were 0.80 and 0.81. 'Organic' and 'functional' items produced very similar coefficient values

Interobserver reliability of the Italian version of the geriatric mental state examination

BURTI, Lorenzo;
1991-01-01

Abstract

The Italian version of the Geriatric Mental State Examination (GMS) was tested for interrater agreement (interobserver). Thirty geriatric patients from psychiatry, neurology and general medical facilities were interviewed by four raters. The mean values of kappa and phi for the analysable items were 0.80 and 0.81. 'Organic' and 'functional' items produced very similar coefficient values
1991
reliability; GMS; geriatric psychiatry
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