Personality disorders in older adults: expert opinion as a first step toward evaluating the criterion validity of an informant questionnaire (HAP)

There is a lack of validated questionnaires for screening personality disorders (PDs) in older adults (e.g. Van Alphen et al., 2012). The development of measurement instruments is hampered because the criteria of DSM-IV-TR PD are not age-neutral that might lead to over- and underdiagnosis (Balsis et...

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Published in:International psychogeriatrics 2014-01, Vol.26 (1), p.173-174
Main Authors: Barendse, H.P.J., Rossi, G., Van Alphen, S.P.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Aged
Delphi method
Delphi Technique
Humans
Medical screening
Older people
Personality disorders
Personality Disorders - diagnosis
Personality Disorders - psychology
Qualitative research
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
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Summary:There is a lack of validated questionnaires for screening personality disorders (PDs) in older adults (e.g. Van Alphen et al., 2012). The development of measurement instruments is hampered because the criteria of DSM-IV-TR PD are not age-neutral that might lead to over- and underdiagnosis (Balsis et al., 2007). As far as we know only three measurement instruments have been specifically developed for older adults, including the Hetero- Anamnestic Personality questionnaire (HAP; Barendse et al., 2013). However, we did not find any articles concerning the criterion validity of all ten PDs in an elderly population. In this Delphi study, a panel of experts examined two research questions: (1) To what extend are the items of the HAP age-neutral? (2) Does the HAP detect all ten specific PD's of DSM-IV-TR, based on qualitative research?
ISSN:1041-6102
1741-203X
DOI:10.1017/S1041610213001312