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Actometry and Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale in neuroleptic-induced akathisia
Sven Janno1, Matti M Holi, Katinka Tuisku
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Tartu, 31 Raja St., Tartu, 50417 Estonia. svenjanno@hot.ee
Abstract:
We evaluated Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale (BARS) and standardized lower limb actometry in quantifying neuroleptic-induced akathisia (NIA) in 99 schizophrenia patients. Both instruments discriminated well between NIA and non-NIA patients and they correlated weakly but significantly. BARS was superior to actometry in screening DSM-IV diagnosed NIA patients. The results of this methodological study provide BARS with objective validation through movement measuring, that it has been suggested to need.
