Development of the Symptom Checklist for Mental Disorder for Recruits(SCMD-R)

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-6574.2016.05.004

Abstract：Objective To develop the Symptom Checklist for Mental Disorder for Recruits (SCMD-R).Methods According to the constituent ratio of mental disorders among Chinese recruits and the diag-nostic criteria in the DSM-5 and CCMD-3,this study defined the construct of SCMD-R,which con-tained 34 items and was used to screen 13 common mental disorders.The revised SCMD- R still re-mained 34 items after consultation from 39 experts and comprehension test from 100 recruits.438 patients’families were assessed by the SCMD-R.SPSS 1 6.0 was used to test sensitivity and reliability of the SCMD-R.Results The inter-rater consistency on items’validity (W = 0.149,P < 0.05)and operability (W = 0.1 12,P < 0.05)showed statistical significance.The comprehensive frequency ranged from 63% to 94%.The sensitivity ranged from 89.95% to 93.84% by the cut-off 3-4 scores of SCMD-R. The Cronbach’s α of internal consistency coefficient and split- half reliability after Spearman- Brown correction for the whole questionnaire were 0.889 and 0.814, respectively.The patients with schizophrenia (72.6%)were the most,the second one was mood disorder (9.8%).Conclusions The SCMD-R has good sensitivity and reliability.