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KMID : 1118520180150121115
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Psychiatry Investigation
2018 Volume.15 No. 12 p.1115 ~ p.1120
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Validation of the Korean Version of the Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry
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Cho Chul-Hyun
Jung Seo-Yeon
Kapczinski Flavio
Rosa Adriane R
Lee Heon-Jeong
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Abstract
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Objective: The Biological Rhythms Interview of Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (BRIAN) is a scale used to clinically evaluate disturbances in biological rhythm. In this study, we aimed to examine the reliability and validity of the Korean version of the BRIAN (K-BRIAN) in a Korean population.
Methods: A total of 181 participants, including 141 outpatients with bipolar disorder (BD; type I, 62; type II, 79) and 40 controls, were recruited. Construct validity was tested by comparing the mean K-BRIAN scores of the BD patients and control subjects. Concurrent validity was tested by evaluating the association between the K-BRIAN and the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (MEQ).
Results: The mean K-BRIAN scores of the control subjects and patients with BD differed significantly (p<0.001). Particularly, the mean K-BRIAN score was considerably lower among control subjects (mean±standard deviation=35.00±8.88) than among patients with BD type I (41.19±12.10) and type II (50.18±13.73). The Cronbach’s alpha for the K-BRIAN was 0.914. The K-BRIAN was found to correlate with the MEQ (r=-0.45, p<0.001).
Conclusion: The findings affirm that the K-BRIAN has good construct validity and internal consistency. This suggests that the K-BRIAN can be used to assess biological rhythms in the Korean population, especially for patients with mood disorder.
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KEYWORD
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BRIAN, Biological rhythm, Validation, Korean version, Bipolar disorder
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