Cited by 51Schizophrenia research and treatmentHallucinations in medical conditionsMental Health and Psychiatry

The usefulness of a self-report questionnaire measuring auditory verbal hallucinations

Kim, Se Hyun, Jung, Hee Yeon, Hwang, Samuel S., Chang, Jae Seung, Kim, Yeni, Ahn, Yong Min, Kim, Yong Sik·2010·Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Abstract

A self-report measure of psychotic symptoms has been considered to be unsuitable due to the possible denial of symptoms in the patients with schizophrenia. However, a self-report questionnaire would be an efficient tool for the evaluation of subjective aspects of auditory verbal hallucination (AVH), which requires further clarification. In this study, a total of 87 patients with schizophrenia took baseline evaluations for Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia Voices Questionnaire (HPSVQ), a self-report questionnaire for AVH, and Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales-Auditory Hallucination Subscale (PSYRATS-AH) and an item measuring hallucinations (P3) on Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for Schizophrenia (PANSS), both interviewer-rated scales for AVH. At 1 week and at 6 months post-baseline, 39 and 68 patients repeated HPSVQ and PSYRATS-AH, respectively. Total scores on HPSVQ showed good agreement with those on PSYRATS-AH and PANSS, Item P3, and HPSVQ showed good test-retest reliability and internal consistency. In addition, the changes in total scores of HPSVQ during 6-month follow-up were also highly correlated to those of PSYRATS-AH. The findings of factor analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis suggested that the items addressing emotional characteristics of AVH constituted one factor and that the remaining items, primarily concerning the physical characteristics, combined to form another factor. Taken together, the HPSVQ, a self-report questionnaire measuring AVH, was characterized by good psychometric properties, which suggests the appropriateness of a self-report scale for examining the internal structure of AVH in patients with schizophrenia.

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Authors
Kim, S. H., Jung, H. Y., Hwang, S. S., Chang, J. S., Kim, Y., Ahn, Y. M., & Kim, Y. S.
Affiliations
  • Seoul National University (KR)
  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital (KR)
Corresponding author
Kim, Yong Sik
Venue
Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-08
Volume
34
Issue
6
Pages
968-973
ISSN
0278-5846 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2011259370
Cited by
51
References
38
Citations by year
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FWCI
0.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Seoul National University Open Repository (Seoul National University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
  • National Institutes of Health
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Mental Health and Psychiatry
Keywords
auditory verbal hallucinations, schizophrenia, self-report questionnaire, PANSS, test-retest reliability, internal consistency, factor structure
MeSH terms
Adult, Female, Hallucinations, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychometrics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schizophrenia, Schizophrenic Psychology, Severity of Illness Index, Reproducibility of Results

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