整形外科患者に対する精神医学的問題評価のための簡易質問表（BS-POP）―妥当性の検討

Validation Study of Brief Scale for Psychiatric Problems in Orthopaedic Patients (BS-POP)

　われわれは，整形外科患者に対する精神医学的問題を評価するための簡易質問表（BS-POP）を作成した．今回，BS-POPの質問表としての妥当性を，MMPI（Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory）と比較して検討した．BS-POP医師用はMMPIの心気症尺度とヒステリー尺度と相関があり，BS-POP患者用はMMPIの心気症尺度，抑うつ尺度，およびヒステリー尺度と相関があった．これらの結果からBS-POPは，精神医学的問題を評価する妥当性を有することが証明された．

　We have been developing Brief Scale for Psychiatric Problems in Orthopaedic Patients (BS-POP) to evaluate their psychiatric problems more simply than by such methods as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Our purpose was to verify the validity of BS-POP compared to MMPI. BS-POP, MMPI, and the visual analog scale (VAS) for pain were studied in 125 patients with spinal disorders. The most significant correlation between BS-POP (for doctors) and the MMPI scale was observed in “hysteria,” followed by “hypochondriasis.” The strongest correlation between BS-POP (for patients) and the MMPI scale was observed in “hysteria” followed by “hypochondriasis” and “depression.” These results suggest that BS-POP has the validity required for a scale in examining psychiatric problems in patients with spinal disorders.