J Korean Neuropsychiatr Assoc.  2006 Jul;45(4):307-315.

Reliability and Validity of the Korean Version of the Scale to Assessment Unawareness of Mental Disorder (SUMD-K)

• Song JY
• Kim KT
• Lee SK
• Kim YH
• Noh JH
• Kim JW
• Chang WI
• Bahn GH
• Kang WS

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
This study was conducted to evaluate the reliability and the validity of the Korean version of the Scale to Assessment Unawareness of Mental Disorder (SUMD-K).
METHODS
The subjects were 55 schizophrenic patients between ages of 26 and 58 who were recruited from the psychiatric unit of the university hospital and the out-patient clinic. The SUMD-K and insight scale of PANSS were applied to the patients.
RESULTS
The range of inter-rater (Spearman's rho) of the general items of SUMD-K were .97-. 98 on the current illness and .58-.98 on the past illness. The correlation coefficient between the sum and the general items of the SUMD-K showed high scores. The concurrent validity between SUMD-K and insight item of PANSS was high (scores between .59-.96). However, the reliability and the validity of the attribution items of symptoms showed low scores compared to the current symptoms.
CONCLUSION
The SUMD-K was confirmed in its reliability and validity. It can be a useful clinician-rating scale for evaluating insight in schizophrenic patients as well as patients with other neuropsychiatric conditions.

Keyword

Korean version of the Scale to Assessment Unawareness of Mental Disorder (SUMD-K); Reliability; Validity

MeSH Terms

Humans
Mental Disorders*
Outpatients
Reproducibility of Results*