ArticleJournal of affective disorders2015
The UCLA Hoarding Severity Scale: development and validation.
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- Intolerance of uncertainty in hoarding disorder.Journal of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders · 2019Article
- Detail-oriented visual processing style: Its role in the relationships between early life adversity and hoarding-related dysfunctions.Psychiatry research · 2018Article
- Randomised clinical trial of community-based peer-led and psychologist-led group treatment for hoarding disorder.BJPsych open · 2018Article
- Group Cognitive Rehabilitation and Exposure/Sorting Therapy: A Pilot Program.Cognitive therapy and research · 2017Article
- Scale development: ten main limitations and recommendations to improve future research practices.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2017Review
- Validation of the clutter image rating (CIR) scale among psychiatric outpatients in Singapore.BMC psychiatry · 2016Article
- Executive Functioning in Participants Over Age of 50 with Hoarding Disorder.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2016Article
- Neurocognitive performance in unmedicated patients with hoarding disorder.Neuropsychology · 2016Article
- Executive functioning in older adults with hoarding disorder.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2013Article
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Abstract
backgroundEffective management of Hoarding Disorder (HD) must begin with assessment of the severity of hoarding symptoms and functional impairment. We sought to validate the UCLA Hoarding Severity Scale (UHSS), a semi-structured, clinician-administered rating scale that measures the severity of both the core symptoms of HD and the associated features of indecisiveness, perfectionism, task prolongation, and procrastination, which are significantly associated with the diagnosis and impairment of HD.
methodsHoarding symptom severity was measured in 62 patients who met DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for HD and 65 normal controls, using the UHSS and the Saving Inventory-Revised (SI-R), a well validated self-report measure of hoarding symptoms.
resultsThe UHSS showed significant internal consistency (Cronbach׳s α=.70). Principal components analysis revealed three factors that accounted for 58% of the variance: 1) associated features and functional impairment, 2) clutter volume and social impairment, and 3) difficulty discarding, urges to save, and excessive acquisition. UHSS and SI-R scores were significantly correlated. UHSS and SI-R total and factor scores of HD patients were all significantly different from those of controls. LIMITATIONS: Inter-rater and test-retest reliability were not assessed. The initial version of the UHSS did not contain rater instructions, so it lacked quantifiable anchor points for ratings.
conclusionsThe UHSS showed internal consistency, construct validity, convergent validity, and known groups discriminant validity. The UHSS validly measures the core symptoms, associated features, and functional impairment of patients with HD. Utilizing a valid clinician-administered scale will provide a more comprehensive and accurate clinical assessment of patients with HD.
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