PMID- 7638314
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19950911
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 0033-3182 (Print)
IS  - 0033-3182 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 3
DP  - 1995 May-Jun
TI  - Global assessment of functioning. A modified scale.
PG  - 267-75
AB  - The modified Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale has more detailed 
      criteria and a more structured scoring system than the original GAF. The two 
      scales were compared for reliability and validity. Raters who had different 
      training levels assigned hospital admission and discharge GAF scores from patient 
      charts. Intraclass correlation coefficients for admission GAF scores were higher 
      for raters who used the modified GAF (0.81), compared with raters who used the 
      original GAF (0.62). Validity studies showed a high correlation (0.80) between 
      the two sets of scores. The modified GAF also correlated well with Zung 
      Depression scores (-0.73). The modified GAF may be particularly useful when 
      interrater reliability needs to be maximum and/or when persons with varying 
      skills and employment backgrounds--and without much GAF training--must rate 
      patients. Because of the increased structure, the modified GAF may also be more 
      resistant to rater bias.
FAU - Hall, R C
AU  - Hall RC
AD  - Center for Psychiatry, Florida Hospital, Orlando 32803, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Psychosomatics
JT  - Psychosomatics
JID - 0376506
SB  - IM
CIN - Psychosomatics. 1995 Jul-Aug;36(4):416-7. PMID: 7652146
MH  - Activities of Daily Living/*classification/psychology
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Mental Disorders/classification/*diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Observer Variation
MH  - *Patient Care Team
MH  - Patient Discharge
MH  - Personality Assessment/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Psychophysiologic Disorders/classification/*diagnosis/psychology
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - *Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Treatment Outcome
EDAT- 1995/05/01 00:00
MHDA- 1995/05/01 00:01
CRDT- 1995/05/01 00:00
PHST- 1995/05/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1995/05/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1995/05/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0033-3182(95)71666-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/S0033-3182(95)71666-8 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychosomatics. 1995 May-Jun;36(3):267-75. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3182(95)71666-8.