PMID- 25308479
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2045-7960 (Print)
IS  - 2045-7979 (Electronic)
IS  - 2045-7960 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 3
DP  - 2015 Jun
TI  - A standardised tool for assessing needs in forensic psychiatric population: 
      clinical validation of the Italian CANFOR, staff version.
PG  - 274-81
LID - 10.1017/S2045796014000602 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The Camberwell Assessment of Need - Forensic Version (CANFOR) is a 
      standardised assessment tool specifically designed to assess needs for care in 
      forensic psychiatric populations. The original English version of the instrument 
      has shown good psychometric properties. The aim of this study was to validate the 
      Italian version of the CANFOR-staff tool. METHOD: After translation and 
      back-translation, the Italian CANFOR tool was administered to a sample of 50 
      forensic psychiatric patients. Convergent validity was tested using the Brief 
      Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) by 
      applying Kendall's tau-b. Inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities were measured 
      by ICCs for need dimensions (total and unmet) and Cohen's kappa coefficients for 
      individual need items. RESULTS: Regarding convergent validity, a higher number of 
      needs (total and unmet) were associated with more severe psychiatric symptoms 
      (BPRS). Higher numbers of unmet needs were also associated with lower levels of 
      global functioning (GAF). ICCs for total and unmet needs scores indicated a good 
      level of agreement for inter-rater reliability and a very good level for 
      test-retest, respectively. Regarding the specific items, inter-rater Cohen's 
      kappa was high (moderate to very good agreement) for 18 items in relation to the 
      presence of a need and for 15 items in the rating of an unmet need, whereas 
      Cohen's kappa for test-retest reliability was very high for all the items in the 
      presence of a need and high for 18 of the unmet need domains. CONCLUSIONS: The 
      Italian version of CANFOR has adequate psychometric properties. It can be 
      considered a promising instrument for the assessment of needs of forensic 
      psychiatric patients.
FAU - Castelletti, L
AU  - Castelletti L
AD  - Ospedale Psichiatrico Giudiziario,Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN),Italy.
FAU - Lasalvia, A
AU  - Lasalvia A
AD  - Department of Public Health and Community Medicine,Section of 
      Psychiatry,University of Verona,Verona,Italy.
FAU - Molinari, E
AU  - Molinari E
AD  - Ospedale Psichiatrico Giudiziario,Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN),Italy.
FAU - Thomas, S D M
AU  - Thomas SD
AD  - Faculty of Social Sciences,University of Wollongong,Wollongong,Australia.
FAU - Stratico, E
AU  - Stratico E
AD  - Ospedale Psichiatrico Giudiziario,Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN),Italy.
FAU - Bonetto, C
AU  - Bonetto C
AD  - Department of Public Health and Community Medicine,Section of 
      Psychiatry,University of Verona,Verona,Italy.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20141013
PL  - England
TA  - Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci
JT  - Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences
JID - 101561091
SB  - IM
PMC - PMC6998455
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Diagnostic techniques and procedures
OT  - forensic psychiatry
OT  - functional assessment
OT  - validation studies
EDAT- 2014/10/14 06:00
MHDA- 2014/10/14 06:01
PMCR- 2014/10/13
CRDT- 2014/10/14 06:00
PHST- 2014/10/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/10/14 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/10/14 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/10/13 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S2045796014000602 [pii]
AID - 00060 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S2045796014000602 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2015 Jun;24(3):274-81. doi: 10.1017/S2045796014000602. 
      Epub 2014 Oct 13.