Preferred Label : Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale Clinical Classification;
NCIt synonyms : BARS;
NCIt related terms : BARS01;
NCIt definition : A standardized rating scale developed by Thomas R. E. Barnes in 1989 to diagnose akathisia
associated with use of antipsychotic agents. This instrument contains objective and
subjective sections, as well as a global clinical assessment of akathisia. The first
two sections contain a total of 3 items which are rated on a scale of 0 to 3 with
0 being none or normal and 3 being severe. The third section is rated on a 0 to 5
scale with 0 being none and 5 being severe.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Barnes Akathisia Rating Scale (BARS) (Barnes TR: A Rating Scale for Drug-Induced
Akathisia. British Journal of Psychiatry 154:672-676, 1989).;
Origin ID : C102113;
UMLS CUI : C3541345;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
