Computerized psychiatric interviews: can they help to improve medical care?
Studies on psychiatric disorders in Brazil have shown high prevalence rates, both in the community and in primary care centers. However, psychiatric assessments carried out by interviewers have some inherent problems which influence inter-observer reliability. There is great potential for the use of...
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| description | Studies on psychiatric disorders in Brazil have shown high prevalence rates, both in the community and in primary care centers. However, psychiatric assessments carried out by interviewers have some inherent problems which influence inter-observer reliability. There is great potential for the use of computerized interviews. This article discusses some advantages of this kind of assessment, and indicates a need for investigation into its applicability to Brazilian health care settings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b3e13eff08fa44cba3077e08b53bfa242022-12-21T23:15:26ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-946011651821182210.1590/S1516-31801998000500007S1516-31801998000500007Computerized psychiatric interviews: can they help to improve medical care?Renata Tirol0Paulo Rossi Menezes1Universidade de São PauloUniversidade de São PauloStudies on psychiatric disorders in Brazil have shown high prevalence rates, both in the community and in primary care centers. However, psychiatric assessments carried out by interviewers have some inherent problems which influence inter-observer reliability. There is great potential for the use of computerized interviews. This article discusses some advantages of this kind of assessment, and indicates a need for investigation into its applicability to Brazilian health care settings.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801998000500007&lng=en&tlng=enPsychiatric epidemiologyPrimary careComputerized assessmentsCase detection |
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| title | Computerized psychiatric interviews: can they help to improve medical care? |
| title_full | Computerized psychiatric interviews: can they help to improve medical care? |
| title_fullStr | Computerized psychiatric interviews: can they help to improve medical care? |
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| title_short | Computerized psychiatric interviews: can they help to improve medical care? |
| title_sort | computerized psychiatric interviews can they help to improve medical care |
| topic | Psychiatric epidemiology Primary care Computerized assessments Case detection |
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