RELIABILITY OF SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR INTERVIEWS WITH PSYCHIATRIC-PATIENTS

Authors
MCKINNON K COURNOS F MEYERBAHLBURG HFL GUIDO JR CARABALLO LR MARGOSHES ES HERMAN R GRUEN RS EXNER TM
Citation
K. Mckinnon et al., RELIABILITY OF SEXUAL RISK BEHAVIOR INTERVIEWS WITH PSYCHIATRIC-PATIENTS, The American journal of psychiatry, 150(6), 1993, pp. 972-974
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,Psychiatry
Journal title
The American journal of psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
0002953X
Volume
150
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
972 - 974
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-953X(1993)150:6<972:ROSRBI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
Test-retest interviews examining recent sexual activity were administe red to 27 severely ill psychiatric patients after stabilization. Three reports were judged to be questionable. For the 16 sexually active pa tients among the remaining 24, high test-retest reliability was found for number of sexual partners, frequency of episodes, and proportions of episodes involving vaginal intercourse and use of condoms. The inte rviews did not exacerbate psychiatric symptoms.