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Schizophrenia Bulletin 1998 24(3):489-493;
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A Hindi Version of the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies

Smita N. Deshpande, M.D., D.P.M., Mohit N.L. Mathur, Ph.D., Shri K. Das, Ph.D., Triptish Bhatia, Ph.D., Shridhar Sharma, M.D., D.P.M., F.R.C.Psych and Vishwajit L. Nimgaonkar, M.D., Ph.D.
Consultant Psychiatrist, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital New Delhi, India
Senior Psychologist, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital New Delhi, India
Senior Psychologist, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital New Delhi, India
Research Associate, Indo-US Collaborative Study of Schizophrenia Genetics New Delhi, India
Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Institute for Human Behavior and Allied Sciences Shahadara, New Delhi, India
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine and Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA

Reprint requests should be sent to Dr. V.L. Nimgaonkar, Western Psychiatric Instutite and Clinic, Rm. 993, 3811 O'Hara St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213

The validity of a Hindi version of the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies (DIGS) was investigated. The original English version was initially translated into Hindi. The Hindi version was then back-translated and compared with the original. Next, a group of psychiatric inpatients and outpatients were interviewed using the Hindi version. The resultant diagnoses were compared with those obtained for the same patients using a Hindi version of the Present State Examination (PSE), and the clinical diagnoses given by the treating psychiatrists. The DIGS diagnoses were significantly correlated with both the PSE diagnoses (Cohen's kappa=0.80) and the clinical diagnoses (kappa=0.56). Interrater reliability between three interviewers for diagnoses obtained using the Hindi version of the DIGS varied (kappa=0.45–1.00). Possible causes for this variability are discussed. The Hindi version of the DIGS fulfils the need for a current comprehensive interview schedule not only for psychiatric genetic research in India, but also for non-genetic research.

Keywords: Psychoses / Hindi / psychiatric interview


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