PMID- 8716799
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19960920
LR  - 20191101
IS  - 1351-0126 (Print)
IS  - 1351-0126 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 2
DP  - 1996 Apr
TI  - A brief mental health outcome scale: relationships between scale scores and 
      diagnostic/sociodemographic variables in the long-term mentally ill.
PG  - 89-93
AB  - The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale is a quick and simple measure of 
      overall psychological disturbance. A recent study by our group reported the 
      reliability and validity of the scale in a population of severely mentally ill 
      people. The current study extends the analysis of this population to consider a 
      number of questions, i.e. what are the associations for this group between 
      variations in GAF scores and sociodemographic variables? Are lower scores 
      associated with particular diagnoses for the group assessed? What are the 
      characteristics of those patients whose scores were most variable? What were the 
      completion rates for use of the scale? No associations were observed between GAF 
      score and the sociodemographic variables used in this study. Lower GAF scores 
      were associated with psychotic diagnoses. Those with most varying scores were, in 
      the main, white European non-immigrant males with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. 
      Completion rates for the study were reasonable at 73.8%. This study involved the 
      repeated assessment of a large number of clients by a changing multidisciplinary 
      team. Inspite of the extended nature of the study, completion rates remained 
      reasonable, suggesting that the scale was acceptable for routine clinical use. 
      The GAF in itself, however, appears to be unsuitable for making individual 
      treatment decision but could be used as a first step before using more 
      sophisticated scales.
FAU - Coffey, M
AU  - Coffey M
FAU - Jones, S H
AU  - Jones SH
FAU - Thornicroft, G
AU  - Thornicroft G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs
JT  - Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
JID - 9439514
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Bias
MH  - Chronic Disease
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*diagnosis
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Patient Care Team
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/*standards
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
EDAT- 1996/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.1996.tb00068.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs. 1996 Apr;3(2):89-93. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1365-2850.1996.tb00068.x.