Psikolojik Acı Ölçeği Türkçe Formunun güvenilirliği ve geçerliliği

In this study, it was aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Psychache Scale used in the evaluation of suicidal behavior and/or suspected individuals. Methods: The study was carried out with 106 inpatients and outpatients with major depressive disorder who were treated in Çukurova University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry and 94 healthy controls. In addition to Turkish version of the Psychache Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Hopelessness Scale, Beck Suicidal Ideation Scale, and Visual Analogue Scale were administered to the patient and control groups. According the discriminant function analysis, it was determined that the patient group and the healthy group, suicide attempted and non-attempted patient groups, and the each group when three groups were taken together were classified (respectively overall, 90.00%, 65.10%; 74.50%) well by the scale.