Screening of psychiatric disorders via the Internet. A pilot study with tinnitus patients

Andersson, Gerhard, 1966- (author): Linköpings universitet,Filosofiska fakulteten,Avdelningen för klinisk och socialpsykologi, CS

Carlbring, Per (author)

Kaldo, Viktor (author)

Ström, Lars (author)

(creator_code:org_t)

2009-07-12
2004
English.
In: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0803-9488 .- 1502-4725. ; 58:4, s. 287-291

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Abstract Subject headings

Tinnitus has been associated with psychiatric disorders and more recently diagnostic tools have been used in a systematic manner. In the present study, we administered the World Health Organisation's Composite International Diagnostic Interview - Short form (CIDI-SF) in a computerized Internet-based version to a self-selected sample of tinnitus patients (n=48). Using the cut-off for 'probable case' (12-month prevalence), 69% of the tinnitus patients fulfilled the criteria for depression, 60% for generalized anxiety disorder, 83% for specific phobia, 67% for social phobia, 58% for agoraphobia, 21% panic attack, 83% obsessive - compulsive disorder, 2% alcohol dependence and 0% drug dependence. Decreased percentages were found for depression (4%), specific phobia (62%) and social phobia (27%) when applying a more conservative criteria (maximum case criteria). In conclusion, the findings suggest that the Internet version of CIDI-SF can be used as a screening tool for psychiatric disturbance in somatic patients, but that diagnostic criteria need to be adjusted for Internet use.

By the author/editor: Andersson, Gerha ...; Carlbring, Per; Kaldo, Viktor; Ström, Lars

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