A Rating Scale for Mania: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity

Abstract

Summary An eleven item clinician-administered Mania Rating Scale (MRS) is introduced, and its reliability, validity and sensitivity are examined. There was a high correlation between the scores of two independent clinicians on both the total score (0.93) and the individual item scores (0.66 to 0.92). The MRS score correlated highly with an independent global rating, and with scores of two other mania rating scales administered concurrently. The score also correlated with the number of days of subsequent stay in hospital. It was able to differentiate statistically patients before and after two weeks of treatment and to distinguish levels of severity based on the global rating.

Keywords

Rating scaleManiaYoung Mania Rating ScaleConcurrent validityReliability (semiconductor)CorrelationPsychologyScale (ratio)Clinical psychologyPsychometricsMedicinePsychiatryBipolar disorderMoodDevelopmental psychologyMathematicsInternal consistencyCartography

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Year: 1978
Type: article
Volume: 133
Issue: 5
Pages: 429-435
Citations: 8464
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                                    Robert C. Young, 
                                
                                    John T. Biggs, 
                                
                                    Vincent E. Ziegler
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1978). 
                            A Rating Scale for Mania: Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity. 
                            The British Journal of Psychiatry
                            , 133
                            (5)
                            , 429-435.
                            https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.133.5.429
                        

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DOI: 10.1192/bjp.133.5.429