Cross-cultural Feasibility, Reliability and Sources of Variance of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI)

Abstract

The CIDI is a fully standardised diagnostic interview designed for assessing mental disorders based on the definitions and criteria of ICD-10 and DSM-III-R. Field trials with the CIDI have been conducted in 18 centres around the world, to test the feasibility and reliability of the CIDI in different cultures and settings, as well as to test the inter-rater agreement for the different types of questions used. Of 590 subjects interviewed across all sites and rated by an interviewer and observer, 575 were eligible for analysis. The CIDI was judged to be acceptable for most subjects and was appropriate for use in different kinds of settings. Many subjects fulfilled criteria for more than one diagnosis (lifetime and six-month). The most frequent lifetime disorders were generalised anxiety, major depression, tobacco use disorders, and agoraphobia. Percentage agreements for all diagnoses were above 90% and the kappa values were all highly significant. No significant numbers of diagnostic disconcordances were found with lifetime, six-month, and four-week time frames.

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“…These disorders were assessed using the definitions and criteria of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) [12]. The CIDI has acceptable interrater and test-retest reliability for most nonpsychotic diagnoses, including major depressive disorder [13,14].…”

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“…Potential study participants also had to score an 11 or higher on the Shortened Premenstrual Form (Allen, McBride, & Pirie, 1991), to ensure study participants experienced premenstrual symptoms. However, those who met criteria for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) or MDD within the past 6 months, as assessed using the DSM-IV criteria via the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI), a computer-assisted interview (Wittchen et al, 1991), were excluded and referred for treatment. Finally, given the crossover design of this study, potential participants who indicated they wanted to permanently abstain from smoking were excluded and referred to other smoking cessation studies or programs.…”

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“…The CIDI generates uses a computerised algorithm to generate diagnoses based on the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) 42 , and the 3rd edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Revised (DSM-III-R) 43 . The CIDI was translated from English to Portuguese by Brazilian psychiatrists at the Department of Psychiatry of the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) 44 . The principal investigator (G.M.L.)…”