PMID- 28691596
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180813
LR  - 20181202
IS  - 1471-1788 (Electronic)
IS  - 1365-1501 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Mar
TI  - The relationship between the INTERMED patient complexity instrument and Level of 
      Care Utilisation System (LOCUS).
PG  - 80-82
LID - 10.1080/13651501.2017.1353635 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the concurrent and criterion validity of two 
      independently developed measurement instruments, INTERMED and LOCUS, designed to 
      improve the treatment and clinical management of patients with complex symptom 
      manifestations. METHODS: Participants (N = 66) were selected from hospital 
      records based on the complexity of presenting symptoms, with tripartite diagnoses 
      across biological, psychiatric and addiction domains. Biopsychosocial information 
      from hospital records were submitted to INTERMED and LOCUS grids. In addition, 
      Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) ratings were gathered for statistical 
      analyses. RESULTS: The product moment correlation between INTERMED and LOCUS was 
      0.609 (p = .01). Inverse zero-order correlations for INTERMED and LOCUS total 
      score and GAF were obtained. However, only the beta weight for LOCUS and GAF was 
      significant. An exploratory principal components analysis further illuminated 
      areas of convergence between the instruments. CONCLUSIONS: INTERMED and LOCUS 
      demonstrated shared variance. INTERMED appeared more sensitive to complex medical 
      conditions and severe physiological reactions, whereas LOCUS findings are more 
      strongly related to psychiatric symptoms. Implications are discussed.
FAU - Thurber, Steven
AU  - Thurber S
AD  - a Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Behavior Health Services , Minnesota 
      Department of Human Services , Willmar , MN , USA.
FAU - Wilson, Ann
AU  - Wilson A
AD  - b Department of Psychiatry , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis , MN , USA.
FAU - Realmuto, George
AU  - Realmuto G
AD  - b Department of Psychiatry , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis , MN , USA.
FAU - Specker, Sheila
AU  - Specker S
AD  - b Department of Psychiatry , University of Minnesota, Minneapolis , MN , USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170720
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract
JT  - International journal of psychiatry in clinical practice
JID - 9709509
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Community Mental Health Services/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*diagnosis/*therapy
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychometrics/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adult psychiatry
OT  - biopsychosocial
OT  - clinical assessment
OT  - community mental health services
EDAT- 2017/07/12 06:00
MHDA- 2018/08/14 06:00
CRDT- 2017/07/11 06:00
PHST- 2017/07/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/08/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/07/11 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/13651501.2017.1353635 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract. 2018 Mar;22(1):80-82. doi: 
      10.1080/13651501.2017.1353635. Epub 2017 Jul 20.