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The Reliability and Validity of the Proposed Axis V (Disabilities) of ICD–10
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2018
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability and validity of the newly proposed axis V (disabilities) of ICD-10.
Eighty-six acutely ill men and women were prospectively recruited from the Al Ain psychiatric units, UAE. Both versions of ICD–10, the Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines and the Diagnostic Criteria for Research (DCR) were used for coding axis I psychiatric diagnosis and its grade of severity; the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule was used to assess disabilities.
Inter-rater reliability of the DAS items ranged from moderate to good, and axis V ratings correctly predicted 84% of the observed classification on axis I.
Axis V is a valid measure of disabilities, but is limited by its modest reliability.
British Journal of Psychiatry (1994), 165, 683–685
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