Objective social outcomes index (SIX): a method to summarise objective indicators of social outcomes in mental health care
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Summary, in English
Objective: No method has yet been established to summarise different objective indicators of social outcomes into one score. The study aimed to develop and test a simple, brief and meaningful index of social outcomes that can be used across a broad range of mental health studies and is potentially obtainable from routine documentation. Method: An index capturing employment, accommodation and living situation (range from 0 to 6; SIX) was devised and tested in three longitudinal datasets of patients with severe mental illness from Germany, Sweden and the UK. Results: SIX showed an almost normal distribution cross-sectionally in all three datasets. Between 58 and 78% of patients changed scores over time. Change scores were weakly associated with change scores of symptoms, quality of life, global functioning and disability. Conclusion: A simple method to summarise different indicators of social outcomes provides meaningful results. It can be widely used in research and routine care.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2008
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
57-63
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
Volym
118
Issue
1
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Wiley-Blackwell
Ämne
- Psychiatry
Nyckelord
- global functioning
- disability
- symptoms
- quality of life
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1600-0447