The revised version of the Y-BOCS : responsivity and other psychometric properties

BACKGROUND: The Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS) is a widely used semi structured clinician-rated interview to assess the presence and severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The scale is revised (Y-BOCS-II) to overcome several psychometric limitations, for example by extending the scoring for better discrimination within higher severity levels.

AIM: To examine the responsiveness and other psychometric properties of the Y-BOCS-II in a Dutch clinical sample.

METHOD: The Y-BOCS-II was translated into Dutch (Y-BOCS-II) and administered to 110 patients seeking therapy for OCD. This was done twice, before and after treatment. The original Y-BOCS was simultaneously rated. Self-report measures regarding depression, symptom severity and OCD symptoms were assessed.

RESULTS: The Y-BOCS-II had a good internal consistency (Cronbach&rsquo;s <span class="CharOverride-1">&alpha;</span> = 0.84), test-retest (ICC = 0.81) and inter-rater reliability (ICC = 0.94). The construct validity proved to be modest to good. The responsiveness over time was in favour of the Y-BOCS-II, compared with the YBOCS-I, particularly in the severely affected OCD patients.

CONCLUSION: The Y-BOCS-II severity scale is a reliable and valid instrument for accurately assessing the severity of OCD symptoms and for measuring treatment-induced change. This second version also has clinical and psychometric advantages over the YBOCS-I. When these findings are sufficiently replicated, use of the YBOCS-II as the new common standard seems recommendable.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:66

Enthalten in:

Tijdschrift voor psychiatrie - 66(2024), 1 vom: 21., Seite 19-23

Sprache:

Niederländisch

Weiterer Titel:

De herziene versie van de Y-BOCS: responsiviteit en andere psychometrische eigenschappen

Beteiligte Personen:

de Leeuw, A S [VerfasserIn]
Alić, M [VerfasserIn]
Selier, J [VerfasserIn]
van Megen, H J G M [VerfasserIn]
Visser, H A [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

English Abstract
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.02.2024

Date Revised 22.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368705064