The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (Mini). A short diagnostic structured interview

Reliability and validity according to the CIDI

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ID23348917
AutoresY Lecrubier (Inserm), David V Sheehan (0000-0002-5118-7050, University of South Florida), DV Sheehan, E Weiller (Inserm), P Amorim, Patrícia Brandão Amorim (0000-0001-6254-2831, Inserm), I Bonora (Inserm), Kathy H Sheehan (University of South Florida), K Harnett Sheehan, J Janavs (University of South Florida), GC Dunbar (autor correspondente)
Ano1997
Volume12
Fascículo5
Páginas224-231
Data de publicação1997-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0924-9338 • E-ISSN: 1778-3585
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/s0924-9338(97)83296-8
OpenAlexW2108592835
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas308
Referências citadas21

The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) is a short diagnostic structured interview (DSI) developed in France and the United States to explore 17 disorders according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-III-R diagnostic criteria. It is fully structured to allow administration by non-specialized interviewers. In order to keep it short it focuses on the existence of current disorders. For each disorder, one or two screening questions rule out the diagnosis when answered negatively. Probes for severity, disability or medically explained symptoms are not explored symptom-by-symptom. Two joint papers present the inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the MINI the validity versus the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) (this paper) and the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R patients (SCID) (joint paper). Three-hundred and forty-six patients (296 psychiatric and 50 non-psychiatric) were administered the MINI and the CIDI ‘gold standard’. Forty two were interviewed by two investigators and 42 interviewed subsequently within two days. Interviewers were trained to use both instruments. The mean duration of the interview was 21 min with the MINI and 92 for corresponding sections of the CIDI. Kappa coefficient, sensitivity and specificity were good or very good for all diagnoses with the exception of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) (kappa = 0.36), agoraphobia (sensitivity = 0.59) and bulimia (kappa = 0.53). Interrater and test-retest reliability were good. The main reasons for discrepancies were identified. The MINI provided reliable DSM-III-R diagnoses within a short time frame, The study permitted improvements in the formulations for GAD and agoraphobia in the current DSM-IV version of the MINI.

Agoraphobia · Anxiety · Anxiety disorder · CIDI · Cohen's kappa · Developmental psychology · Gold standard (test) · Inter-rater reliability · Kappa · Medical diagnosis · Mini-international neuropsychiatric interview · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Rating scale · Statistics · Test validity · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments