Is the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales appropriate for the assessment of symptom severity in patients with substance-related disorders?
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Is the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales appropriate for the assessment of symptom severity in patients with substance-related disorders? / Andreas, Sylke; Harries-Hedder, Karin; Schwenk, Wolfgang; Hausberg, Maria; Koch-Gromus, Uwe; Schulz, Holger.
In: J SUBST ABUSE TREAT, Vol. 39, No. 1, 1, 2010, p. 32-40.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Is the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales appropriate for the assessment of symptom severity in patients with substance-related disorders?
AU - Andreas, Sylke
AU - Harries-Hedder, Karin
AU - Schwenk, Wolfgang
AU - Hausberg, Maria
AU - Koch-Gromus, Uwe
AU - Schulz, Holger
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) is an internationally established clinician-rated instrument. The aim of the study was to assess the psychometric properties in inpatients with substance-related disorders. The HoNOS was applied in a multicenter, consecutive sample of 417 inpatients. Interrater reliability coefficients, confirmatory factor analysis, and regression tree analyses were calculated to assess the reliability and validity of the HoNOS. The factor validity of the HoNOS and its total score could not be confirmed. After training, all items of the HoNOS revealed sufficient values of interrater reliabilities. As the results of the regression tree analyses showed, the single items of the HoNOS were one of the most important predictor of service utilization. The HoNOS can be recommended for obtaining detailed ratings of the problems of inpatients with substance-related disorders as a clinical application in routine mental health care at present. Further studies should include comparisons of HoNOS and Addiction Severity Index.
AB - The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) is an internationally established clinician-rated instrument. The aim of the study was to assess the psychometric properties in inpatients with substance-related disorders. The HoNOS was applied in a multicenter, consecutive sample of 417 inpatients. Interrater reliability coefficients, confirmatory factor analysis, and regression tree analyses were calculated to assess the reliability and validity of the HoNOS. The factor validity of the HoNOS and its total score could not be confirmed. After training, all items of the HoNOS revealed sufficient values of interrater reliabilities. As the results of the regression tree analyses showed, the single items of the HoNOS were one of the most important predictor of service utilization. The HoNOS can be recommended for obtaining detailed ratings of the problems of inpatients with substance-related disorders as a clinical application in routine mental health care at present. Further studies should include comparisons of HoNOS and Addiction Severity Index.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 39
SP - 32
EP - 40
JO - J SUBST ABUSE TREAT
JF - J SUBST ABUSE TREAT
SN - 0740-5472
IS - 1
M1 - 1
ER -