PMID- 18181339
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080125
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0125-2208 (Print)
IS  - 0125-2208 (Linking)
VI  - 90
IP  - 11
DP  - 2007 Nov
TI  - Reliability and validity of the Thai version of the Health of the Nation Outcome 
      Scales (hoNOS).
PG  - 2487-93
AB  - BACKGROUND: Measurement in psychiatric services is important for the development 
      of a psychiatric tool for budget allocation. OBJECTIVE: To translate the Health 
      of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) into Thai and to assess its psychometric 
      properties. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The HoNOS was translated into Thai, by using the 
      standard of "forward-backward" translation procedure. Two psychiatric nurses 
      interviewed subjects together but independently rated their scores. The subjects 
      were 23 acute inpatients and 23 sub-acute inpatients. The reliability and 
      validity was assessed. RESULTS: The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the Thai 
      HoNOS was 0.68. It had a high correlation (r > 0.80) with the Brief Psychiatric 
      Rating Scale (BPRS), the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and the Clinical 
      Global Impression (CGI). It suggested high concurrent validity. It had a 
      satisfactory power (p < 0.05) in discriminating overall clinical outcomes between 
      acute and sub-acute psychiatric inpatients. CONCLUSION: The Thai HoNOS fulfils 
      the requirements of a psychiatric outcome scale for routine use in inpatient 
      service.
FAU - Phuaphanprasert, Bupawan
AU  - Phuaphanprasert B
AD  - Suan Prung Psychiatric Hospital, Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand. bupawan@gmail.com
FAU - Srisurapanont, Manit
AU  - Srisurapanont M
FAU - Silpakit, Chatchawan
AU  - Silpakit C
FAU - Pannarunothai, Supasit
AU  - Pannarunothai S
FAU - Udomratn, Pichet
AU  - Udomratn P
FAU - Geater, Alan
AU  - Geater A
FAU - Prapaphomrn, Prayad
AU  - Prapaphomrn P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Validation Study
PL  - Thailand
TA  - J Med Assoc Thai
JT  - Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
JID - 7507216
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*drug therapy/therapy
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Outcome Assessment, Health Care
MH  - Psychiatric Nursing
MH  - Psychological Tests
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Thailand
MH  - *Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 2008/01/10 09:00
MHDA- 2008/01/26 09:00
CRDT- 2008/01/10 09:00
PHST- 2008/01/10 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/01/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/01/10 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Med Assoc Thai. 2007 Nov;90(11):2487-93.