ABSTRACT There is no reliable and valid psychometric measure in Bangladesh to assist mental health and relevant professionals to assess the presence and severity of symptoms of schizophrenic patients as regularly used in developed countries. Hence two widely used measures, SAPS (34-items) and SANS (25-items) had been tested with a Bangladeshi sample to determine their psychometric properties. Factor analysis, reliability and validity had been tested for the measures on 170 patients (Mean age= 28.10 years; SD= 10.04). A two factors (positive and negative) model for the total nine global items using exploratory factor analysis were identified. Both measures showed high internal consistency and all items were significantly correlated with each other and total scores of the measures.

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孟加拉国精神分裂症阳性症状评估量表和阴性症状评估量表的调整

摘要孟加拉国没有可靠而有效的心理测量手段来帮助心理健康和相关专业人员评估发达国家经常使用的精神分裂症患者症状的存在和严重程度。因此，已经使用孟加拉国的样本对SAPS（34个项目）和SANS（25个项目）这两种广泛使用的度量进行了测试，以确定它们的心理计量特性。已对170例患者（平均年龄= 28.10岁； SD = 10.04）进行了因素分析，信度和效度测试。使用探索性因子分析，确定了总共九个全局项目的两个因子（正负）模型。两项指标均显示出较高的内部一致性，并且所有项目之间均具有显着相关性，且各项指标的总分均显着相关。