Imperial College London
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Emeritus ProfessorPeterTyrer

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences

Emeritus Professor in Community Psychiatry - Clinical
 
 
 
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Commonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

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@article{Tyrer:2016:10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002360,
author = {Tyrer, PJ and Nagar, J and Evans, R and Oliver, P and Bassett, P and Liedtka, N and Tarabi, A},
doi = {10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002360},
journal = {BJPsych Open},
pages = {45--49},
title = {The Problem Behaviour Check List: a short scale to assess challengingbehaviours},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002360},
volume = {2},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Background: Challenging behaviour, especially in intellectual disability, covers a wide range that is in need of furtherevaluation.Aim: To develop a short but comprehensive instrument for all aspects of challenging behaviour. Method: In the first part of a two-stage enquiry, a 28 item scale was constructed to examine the components ofchallenging behaviour. Following a simple factor analysis this was developed further to create a new short scale, theProblem Behaviour Check List (PBCL). The scale was subsequently used in a randomised controlled trial and testedfor inter-rater reliability. Scores were also compared with a standard scale, the Modified Overt Aggression Scale(MOAS).Results: Seven identified factors - personal violence, violence against property, self-harm, sexually inappropriate,contrary, demanding and disappearing behaviour – were scored on a five point scale. A subsequent factor analysiswith the second population showed demanding, violent and contrary behaviour to account for most of the variance.Inter-rater reliability using weighted kappa showed good agreement (0.91; 95% CI 0.83-0.99). Good agreement wasalso shown with scores on the MOAS scale and a score of 1 on the PBCL showed high sensitivity (97%) and specificity(85%) for a threshold MOAS score of 4.Conclusions: The PBCL appears to be a suitable and practical scale for assessing all aspects of challenging behaviour.
AU  - Tyrer,PJ
AU  - Nagar,J
AU  - Evans,R
AU  - Oliver,P
AU  - Bassett,P
AU  - Liedtka,N
AU  - Tarabi,A
DO  - 10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002360
EP  - 49
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 2056-4724
SP  - 45
TI  - The Problem Behaviour Check List: a short scale to assess challengingbehaviours
T2  - BJPsych Open
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002360
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/28314
VL  - 2
ER  -
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