Validation of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales as a routine measure of outcome in early intervention programmes

Abstract

HoNOS possesses satisfactory sensitivity and validity to be used in the routine assessment in early intervention programmes.

Early intervention service for first episode psychosis in Modena, Northern Italy: The first hundred cases

“…The diagnostic procedure consists of a comprehensive clinical assess- HoNOS individual and total score from the assessment to the 6-month follow-up (Preti et al, 2012).…”

“…Demographics collected in a computerized electronic record included age, gender, educational level, vocational status, proficiency in Italian and place of birth (which defined migrant status).Clinical outcomes are evaluated using the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale-Mental Health Clustering Tool (HoNOS-MHCT) at baseline, and every 6 months after intake. The HoNOS scale has been widely adopted in early intervention programs in Italy(Cocchi, Balbi, et al, 2015;Preti et al, 2012).2.6 | Data extraction and statistical analysisAll users who presented to the eight FES teams in the Modena catchment area from 1 March 2013 to 31 December 2016 were included in the analysis. Data were gathered from the computerized charts program.…”

Sex differences in first-episode psychosis and in people at ultra-high risk

“…All the patients referred for evaluation undergo a comprehensive, multidimensional evaluation. For the purpose of this study, the following standardized assessment instruments were considered: (i) a socio-demographic form; (ii) the Early Recognition Inventory Retrospective Assessment of Symptoms (ERIraos) Raballo et al, 2013), a 17-item screening checklist intended to select the subjects requiring a more in-depth assessment; (iii) the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale (HoNOS) (Wing et al, 1998;Preti et al, 2012b), which was used to assess psychopathology and disability; it includes 12 five-point items to evaluate clinical and social functioning in the past 2 weeks; (iv) the 24-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (Overall and Gorham, 1962;Roncone et al, 1999), to assess general psychopathology; (v) the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) (Moos et al, 2000).…”

The online issue: treating problem gambling in an era of uncontrolled access

“…The patients were assessed using the following standardized assessment instruments: (i) a socio-demographic form; (ii) the Early Recognition Inventory Retrospective Assessment of Symptoms checklist (ERIraos-CL), a 17-item screening checklist intended to select persons needing a more in-depth assessment [19, 20]; (iii) the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale (HoNOS), to assess psychopathology and disability: it includes 12 five-point items to evaluate clinical and social functioning over the prior 2 weeks [21, 22]; (iv) the 24-item Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), to assess general psychopathology [23, 24]; (v) the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) [25]; (vi) and (vii) the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) version II [26]. …”