Am J Psychiatry 1993; 150:972-974
Copyright © 1993 by American Psychiatric Association
Reliability of sexual risk behavior interviews with psychiatric patients
K McKinnon, F Cournos, HF Meyer-Bahlburg, JR Guido, LR Caraballo, ES Margoshes, R Herman, RS Gruen and TM Exner
Washington Heights Community Service Research Office, New York, NY.
Test-retest interviews examining recent sexual activity were administered
to 27 severely ill psychiatric patients after stabilization. Three reports
were judged to be questionable. For the 16 sexually active patients among
the remaining 24, high test-retest reliability was found for number of
sexual partners, frequency of episodes, and proportions of episodes
involving vaginal intercourse and use of condoms. The interviews did not
exacerbate psychiatric symptoms.
