Lifetime prevalence and age of onset of XXXX : recall 4 years later.

@entity308 @entity4697 @entity10420 @entity146 @entity9372 @entity988 @entity913 @entity3119 @entity734
The blind test-retest reliability of lifetime prevalence and age of onset of @entity146 diagnoses, based on the SADS-L interview and RDC over a three-to-five year period, was examined in 143 probands and their relatives. Reliability of lifetime prevalence of @entity308 was excellent; reliability of @entity10420 , @entity4697 , @entity734 , @entity9372 , @entity308 , and @entity988 was good; reliability of @entity3119 and @entity913 was acceptable but lower. The reliability of hyperthymia or cyclothymia was not acceptable. Reliability for @entity308 did not vary substantially by age or sex of the informant, but recall of @entity308 was significantly higher in the probands than in their relatives. The test-retest reliability for the age of onset of @entity308 and @entity4697 was excellent, and for @entity913 , @entity9372 and @entity988 , was acceptable. Both probands and relatives recalled the age of onset of their @entity308 fairly accurately. However, there was a reduction in agreement over time. Recall after 3-4 yr was better than 5-6 yr. There was a tendency for older respondents to systematically increase the age of onset of their @entity308 across the two interviews, although the increase was only a few years. Recall of age of onset did not differ significantly by sex of respondent or whether the respondent was a proband or relative. These findings are discussed in light of several available studies of reliability of lifetime prevalence of @entity146 diagnoses.
