Validation of the Korean Version of the Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry
- Authors
- Cho, Chul-Hyun; Jung, Seo-Yeon; Kapczinski, Flavio; Rosa, Adriane R.; Lee, Heon-Jeong
- Issue Date
- 12월-2018
- Publisher
- KOREAN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASSOC
- Keywords
- BRIAN; Biological rhythm; Validation; Korean version; Bipolar disorder
- Citation
- PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION, v.15, no.12, pp.1115 - +
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION
- Volume
- 15
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 1115
- End Page
- +
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/71322
- DOI
- 10.30773/pi.2018.10.21.1
- ISSN
- 1738-3684
- Abstract
- Objective The Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (BRIAN) is a scale used to clinically evaluate disturbances in biological rhythm. In this study, we aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the BRIAN (K-BRIAN) in a Korean population. Methods A total of 181 participants, including 141 outpatients with bipolar disorder (BD; type I, 62; type II, 79) and 40 controls, were recruited. Construct validity was tested by comparing the mean K-BRIAN scores of the BD patients and control subjects. Concurrent validity was tested by evaluating the association between the K-BRIAN and the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ). Results The mean K-BRIAN scores of the control subjects and patients with BD differed significantly (p<0.001). Particularly the mean K-BRIAN score was considerably lower among control subjects (mean +/- standard deviation=35.00 +/- 8.88) than among patients with BD type I (41.19 +/- 12.10) and type II (50.18 +/- 13.73). The Cronbach's alpha for the K-BRIAN was 0.914. The K-BRIAN was found to correlate with the MEQ (r=-0.45, p<0.001). Conclusion The findings affirm that the K-BRIAN has good construct validity and internal consistency. This suggests that the K-BRIAN can be used to assess biological rhythms in the Korean population, especially for patients with mood disorder.
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