Independent validation of the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS)
- 13 May 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in European Psychiatry
- Vol. 27 (8), 598-604
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2011.02.010
Abstract
Introduction: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a clinically heterogeneous condition characterized by a few consistent, temporally stable symptom dimensions. The Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS) is a recently developed instrument that allows patient and clinician ratings of dimension-specific symptom severity, as well as estimates of global symptom severity in patients with OCD. Methods: We examined the psychometric properties of the DY-BOCS in a sample of 128 European adult patients with OCD. Results: The results of the psychometric analyses were overall excellent. The internal consistency across the domains of time, distress and interference for each dimension was high. The subscales of the DY-BOCS were largely independent from one another. The convergent and discriminant validity of the DY-BOCS subscales were adequate. The Global Severity and Interference scales were largely intercorrelated, suggesting that they may be redundant. The level of agreement between self-report and expert ratings was adequate although somewhat lower than in the original validation study. Conclusion: The results of the present study confirm the excellent psychometric properties of the DY-BOCS reported in the original validation study. (C) 2011 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.Keywords
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