PMID- 8837160
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19970116
LR  - 20041117
IS  - 1075-2730 (Print)
IS  - 1075-2730 (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 8
DP  - 1996 Aug
TI  - Evidence for limited validity of the revised global assessment of functioning 
      scale.
PG  - 864-6
AB  - The study examined the concurrent validity of the revised Global Assessment of 
      Functioning (GAF) scale, which is highly similar to the Social and Occupational 
      Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS) in DSM-IV and which is designed to measure 
      patients' functioning and not their clinical symptoms. Psychiatrists used the 
      revised GAF to rate 337 psychiatric inpatients; the ratings were compared with 
      nurses' ratings of the same sample using Lehman's Quality of Life Scale. Ratings 
      on the revised GAF were most strongly correlated with ratings of clinical 
      symptoms, not functioning. Reliance on the GAF as the only tool to assess 
      patients' functioning may be problematic.
FAU - Roy-Byrne, P
AU  - Roy-Byrne P
AD  - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 
      Seattle, USA.
FAU - Dagadakis, C
AU  - Dagadakis C
FAU - Unutzer, J
AU  - Unutzer J
FAU - Ries, R
AU  - Ries R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Psychiatr Serv
JT  - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
JID - 9502838
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living/*classification
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Disability Evaluation
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Patient Admission
MH  - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Psychometrics
MH  - Psychotic Disorders/classification/psychology/*rehabilitation
MH  - *Rehabilitation, Vocational
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
EDAT- 1996/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/08/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1176/ps.47.8.864 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychiatr Serv. 1996 Aug;47(8):864-6. doi: 10.1176/ps.47.8.864.