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Assessing Outcome in Community Mental Health Patients: A Comparative Analysis of Measures
- Source :
- International Journal of Social Psychiatry. 48:11-19
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2002.
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Abstract
- Background: We undertook a twelve-month intervention study for community mental health patients using a number of measures administered at baseline and at twelve months. Overall improvement in that sample allowed for comparative analyses of the key measures in terms of their ability to measure and to predict outcome. Aims: To assess and compare the usefulness of each of the measures in predicting outcome status. Methods: A patient-rated quality of life (QOL) questionnaire, the DSM-III-R Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), the Life Skills Profile (LSP) and the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) were compared and evaluated in a sample of seventy-nine patients. Results: The LSP appeared to measure disability only, while the HoNOS and the GAF assessed composite symptoms and general functioning. The HoNOS was identified as the most distinctive predictor of outcome. Conclusions: The utility of the HoNOS as an overall service measure is supported, while properties and likely utility of other measures in outcome studies are detailed.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Bipolar Disorder
Adolescent
Psychometrics
Patient Readmission
Outcome (game theory)
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Quality of life (healthcare)
Predictive Value of Tests
Sickness Impact Profile
Surveys and Questionnaires
Activities of Daily Living
Outcome Assessment, Health Care
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Psychiatry
Baseline (configuration management)
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Middle Aged
Mental health
Intervention studies
Community Mental Health Services
030227 psychiatry
Psychiatry and Mental health
Treatment Outcome
Case-Control Studies
Schizophrenia
Female
New South Wales
Psychology
Case Management
Social Adjustment
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17412854 and 00207640
- Volume :
- 48
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Social Psychiatry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ac3a15eec8b13749499abf23778de4f1