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Validation of a Turkish Version of the ICD-10 Symptom Rating (ISR)

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Kizilhan, Jan Ilhan
Roniger, Antje
von Heymann, Friedrich
Tritt, Karin

Abstract / Description

Numerous psychiatric and psychosomatic clinics in Turkey and Germany use the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R) developed by Derogatis (1977) or the validated Turkish version by Dag (1991) for assessing psychological symptoms. Many patients informed us during numerous studies and visits to these clinics that this test with its 90 questions took too long and that they were unable to sufficiently concentrate on it. In the meantime, the much more economical ICD-10 Symptom Rating (ISR) (Tritt et al., 2008) self-rating questionnaire, comprising 29 questions, has been developed in Germany in 2008. In 2008 and 2009 we therefore decided to translate the ISR into Turkish, to analyse it for its reliability and validity and compare it with the SCL-90-R and the BDI. In an analysis of 277 Turkish subjects – 127 of whom were inpatients, 36 outpatients and 104 clinically unremarkable healthy participants – very good psychometric characteristics were achieved in terms of high internal consistency of individual, additional and overall scales. The results of the factor analysis conducted showed that the ISR Measure has satisfactory construct validity. In a random sample of inpatients, the Cronbach’s alpha values ranged from 0.66 (scale: Compulsive syndrome) to 0.93 (overall scale). The advantage of this instrument over BDI and SCL-90-R lies in its shorter processing time. The German version of the ISR promises lesser use of time and good empirical quality, which we double-checked with a translated Turkish version tested on persons of Turkish origin in Germany.

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psychometrics Turkish version ISR validity reliability

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Date of first publication

2013-05-31

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

9

Issue

2

Page numbers

366–377

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PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Kizilhan, J. I., Roniger, A., von Heymann, F., & Tritt, K. (2013). Validation of a Turkish Version of the ICD-10 Symptom Rating (ISR). Europe's Journal of Psychology, 9(2), 366–377. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.580
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Kizilhan, Jan Ilhan
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Roniger, Antje
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    von Heymann, Friedrich
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Tritt, Karin
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    2018-11-21T10:01:05Z
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    2018-11-21T10:01:05Z
  • Date of first publication
    2013-05-31
  • Abstract / Description
    Numerous psychiatric and psychosomatic clinics in Turkey and Germany use the Symptom Checklist 90 Revised (SCL-90-R) developed by Derogatis (1977) or the validated Turkish version by Dag (1991) for assessing psychological symptoms. Many patients informed us during numerous studies and visits to these clinics that this test with its 90 questions took too long and that they were unable to sufficiently concentrate on it. In the meantime, the much more economical ICD-10 Symptom Rating (ISR) (Tritt et al., 2008) self-rating questionnaire, comprising 29 questions, has been developed in Germany in 2008. In 2008 and 2009 we therefore decided to translate the ISR into Turkish, to analyse it for its reliability and validity and compare it with the SCL-90-R and the BDI. In an analysis of 277 Turkish subjects – 127 of whom were inpatients, 36 outpatients and 104 clinically unremarkable healthy participants – very good psychometric characteristics were achieved in terms of high internal consistency of individual, additional and overall scales. The results of the factor analysis conducted showed that the ISR Measure has satisfactory construct validity. In a random sample of inpatients, the Cronbach’s alpha values ranged from 0.66 (scale: Compulsive syndrome) to 0.93 (overall scale). The advantage of this instrument over BDI and SCL-90-R lies in its shorter processing time. The German version of the ISR promises lesser use of time and good empirical quality, which we double-checked with a translated Turkish version tested on persons of Turkish origin in Germany.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Kizilhan, J. I., Roniger, A., von Heymann, F., & Tritt, K. (2013). Validation of a Turkish Version of the ICD-10 Symptom Rating (ISR). Europe's Journal of Psychology, 9(2), 366–377. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.580
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1194
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1386
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
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    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v9i2.580
  • Keyword(s)
    psychometrics
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  • Keyword(s)
    Turkish version
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  • Keyword(s)
    ISR
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  • Keyword(s)
    validity
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  • Keyword(s)
    reliability
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Validation of a Turkish Version of the ICD-10 Symptom Rating (ISR)
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    366–377
  • Volume
    9
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