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Full name of scale |
Life Chart Schedule |
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Languages |
Czech, Chinese, Danish, English, Hindu, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Tamil. |
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Rater |
Raters with some prior clinical experience of schizophrenia |
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Training |
Training is required: observation of two LCS administrations on a training videotape, followed by two paired training interviews. The total training protocol took approximately 8 h to complete (four training sessions, each about 2 h). |
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Utility |
It has been used in clinical research settings It is a semi-structured interview used to assess the long-term course of schizophrenia Information is collected from the patient interview and also from all other available sources including the family, medical records, and treating physicians. |
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Time to complete |
30-45 minutes for the patient interview 30-45 minutes for the chart review |
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Cost/license |
No information found
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Other information |
It has been used in long-term follow-up studies of schizophrenic patients in over 20 countries on five continents. |
Susser, E., Conover, S., & Siegel, C. (1992). World Health Organization Life Chart Schedule. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization.
Sartorius, N., Gulbinat, W., Harrison, G., Laska, E., & Siegel, C. (1996). Long-term follow-up of schizophrenia in 16 countries. Social Psychiatry Psychiatric Epidemiology, 31(5), 249–258. Follow this link for the article.
