PMID- 12136447
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021204
LR  - 20191106
IS  - 1438-3608 (Print)
IS  - 1438-3608 (Linking)
VI  - 48
IP  - 3
DP  - 2002
TI  - [Psychic impairment in psychosomatic and psychiatric quality assessment: global 
      assessment of functioning scale (GAF) vs. impairment score (IS)].
PG  - 256-69
AB  - OBJECTIVES: The Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF) and the 
      Impairment-Score (IS) are important instruments for Quality Assessment. There are 
      only few studies examining the quality of statistical power of the GAF-Scale 
      indicating problems in construct validity and no larger studies for the IS. 
      METHODS: For a sample of 263 patients the Psy-BaDo and an OPD-Rating were 
      completed. RESULTS: Though the distribution of both scales show large range, the 
      proportion of explained variance is 58 %. This proportion can be increased to 68 
      % for the IS by including the OPD-Ratings. The GAF-Scale in contrast is not 
      associated with the OPD-Ratings. CONCLUSIONS: The results indicate, that the 
      combination of both scales is necessary to represent the whole variance of 
      psychic impairment (ICD-10 Chapter F & Z). In addition the valid rating of both 
      scales is very difficult for patients with somatic disorders and somato-psychic 
      problems.
FAU - Lange, Corinna
AU  - Lange C
AD  - Klinik und Poliklinik fur Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Universitatsklinikum 
      Munster, Domagkstr. 22, D-48149 Munster, Germany. langeco@mednet.uni-muenster.de
FAU - Heuft, Gereon
AU  - Heuft G
LA  - ger
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Die Beeintrachtigungsschwere in der psychosomatischen und psychiatrischen 
      Qualitatssicherung: Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF) versus 
      Beeintrachtigungs-Schwere-Score (BSS).
PL  - Germany
TA  - Z Psychosom Med Psychother
JT  - Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
JID - 100886617
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living/psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Personality Inventory/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Psychophysiologic Disorders/diagnosis/*psychology
MH  - Quality of Life/*psychology
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Sick Role
MH  - Somatoform Disorders/diagnosis/*psychology
EDAT- 2002/07/24 10:00
MHDA- 2002/12/05 04:00
CRDT- 2002/07/24 10:00
PHST- 2002/07/24 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/12/05 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/07/24 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.13109/zptm.2002.48.3.256 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Z Psychosom Med Psychother. 2002;48(3):256-69. doi: 10.13109/zptm.2002.48.3.256.