Computerized Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1987
Abstract
A computerized psychiatric diagnostic interview was developed and administered to 121 adult acute psychiatric inpatients. Data on the 100 completers was evaluated for sensitivity and specificity of the computer diagnostic evaluation relative to the hospital discharge diagnosis and revealed sensitivity greater than 70% for major depression, alcohol/substance abuse, adjustment disorder, bipolar/mania, dependent personaltiy disorder, and histrionic personality disorder. Specificity was greater than 70% for schizophrania, alcohol/substance abuse, and borderline personality disorder. Meen interview time was 51 minutes. Eighty-two percent of patients evaluated the computerized interview as interesting and 78% rated it as thorough. The mouse input, large screen letters, and user-friendliness of the Macintosh computer make this ideal for patient-computer interaction.
Recommended Citation
Zetin M, Warren S, Lanssens E, Tominaga D. Computerized Psychiatric Diagnostic Interview. (1987). Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer Application in Medical Care, 292-298.
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
American Medical Informatics Association
Comments
This article was originally published in Proceedings of the Annual Symposium on Computer Application in Medical Care in 1987.