TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability of global impressions for assessing methylphenidate effects in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
AU - Mayes, S. D.
AU - Bixler, E. O.
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PY - 1993/12
Y1 - 1993/12
N2 - Agreement between raters using global impressions to assess methylphenidate response was analyzed for children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) undergoing double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover methylphenidate trials. Caregivers were more likely to disagree than agree when asked to rate the children as "better, same, or worse" during each day of the trial. Over-all agreement was 42.9%, only 9.6% above what would be expected based on chance alone. Further, none of the interrater reliability coefficients (Cohen's kappa) for the individual children were statistically significant.
AB - Agreement between raters using global impressions to assess methylphenidate response was analyzed for children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) undergoing double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover methylphenidate trials. Caregivers were more likely to disagree than agree when asked to rate the children as "better, same, or worse" during each day of the trial. Over-all agreement was 42.9%, only 9.6% above what would be expected based on chance alone. Further, none of the interrater reliability coefficients (Cohen's kappa) for the individual children were statistically significant.
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U2 - 10.2466/pms.1993.77.3f.1215
DO - 10.2466/pms.1993.77.3f.1215
M3 - Article
C2 - 8170770
AN - SCOPUS:0027828416
SN - 0031-5125
VL - 77
SP - 1215
EP - 1218
JO - Perceptual and motor skills
JF - Perceptual and motor skills
IS - 3 Pt 2
ER -