Spanish Adaptation and Validation of the Brief Negative Symptoms Scale A. Man´e, C. Garc´ıa-Rizo, M.P. Garcia-Portilla, D. Berg´e, G. Sugranyes, L. Garcia-Alvarez, M. Bernardo, J. Bobes, E. Fernandez-Egea PII: DOI: Reference:

S0010-440X(14)00150-3 doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.05.024 YCOMP 51330

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Comprehensive Psychiatry

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2 April 2014 7 May 2014 7 May 2014

Please cite this article as: Man´e A, Garc´ıa-Rizo C, Garcia-Portilla MP, Berg´e D, Sugranyes G, Garcia-Alvarez L, Bernardo M, Bobes J, Fernandez-Egea E, Spanish Adaptation and Validation of the Brief Negative Symptoms Scale, Comprehensive Psychiatry (2014), doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.05.024

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SPANISH ADAPTATION AND VALIDATION OF THE BRIEF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS SCALE

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Mané A1,2,3, García-Rizo C3,4, Garcia-Portilla MP3,5, Bergé D1,2, Sugranyes G6,7, GarciaAlvarez L3, Bernardo M3,4,7, Bobes J3,5, Fernandez-Egea E3,8,9. Institut de Neuropsiquiatria i Adiccions, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain

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Fundació IMIM, Barcelona, Spain

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Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM)

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Barcelona Clinic Schizophrenia Unit, Neuroscience Institute, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain Department of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo, Spain

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Child and Adolescent Psyquiatric Unit, Neuroscience Institute, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Spain 7

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Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS). Barcelona. Spain 8

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS foundation Trust, United Kingdom

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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Corresponding author Anna Mané

Email: [email protected] Address: Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain Telephone number: 0034932483175 Fax number: 0034932483435

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Negative symptoms prevalent in schizophrenia are associated with poor outcome. Developing new instruments to identify new treatments was highlighted at the NIMHMATRICS Consensus Development Conference on Negative Symptoms. The new Brief Negative Symptoms scale (BNSS) demonstrated strong psychometric properties, but there is a need for validating it in non-English languages. A multi-center study was conducted to validate the Spanish version of the BNSS (BNSS-Sp) in 20 schizophrenia patients, following the original BNSS validation methodology. We found strong interrater, test-retest and internal consistency properties (for the total BNSS-Sp, intraclass correlation coefficient=0.97, Pearson’s correlation coefficient r= 0.95 (p

Spanish adaptation and validation of the Brief Negative Symptoms Scale.

Negative symptoms prevalent in schizophrenia are associated with poor outcome. Developing new instruments to identify new treatments was highlighted a...
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