PMID- 12008903
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021003
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0020-7640 (Print)
IS  - 0020-7640 (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 1
DP  - 2002 Mar
TI  - Assessing outcome in community mental health patients: a comparative analysis of 
      measures.
PG  - 11-9
AB  - 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.
FAU - Parker, Gordon
AU  - Parker G
AD  - School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales and Mood Disorders Unit, 
      Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia. g.parker@unsw.edu.au
FAU - O'Donnell, Maryanne
AU  - O'Donnell M
FAU - Hadzi-Pavlovic, Dusan
AU  - Hadzi-Pavlovic D
FAU - Proberts, Miriam
AU  - Proberts M
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Soc Psychiatry
JT  - The International journal of social psychiatry
JID - 0374726
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living/classification
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Bipolar Disorder/*therapy
MH  - Case Management
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Community Mental Health Services/*standards
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - New South Wales
MH  - Outcome Assessment, Health Care/*methods
MH  - Patient Readmission/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Predictive Value of Tests
MH  - *Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
MH  - Schizophrenia/*therapy
MH  - *Sickness Impact Profile
MH  - Social Adjustment
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2002/05/15 10:00
MHDA- 2002/10/04 04:00
CRDT- 2002/05/15 10:00
PHST- 2002/05/15 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/10/04 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/05/15 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/002076402128783046 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2002 Mar;48(1):11-9. doi: 10.1177/002076402128783046.