Guthrie, E orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-6616, Harrison, M, Brown, R et al. (6 more authors) (2018) The development of an outcome measure for liaison mental health services. BJPsych Bulletin, 42 (3). pp. 109-114. ISSN 2056-4708
Abstract
Aims and method
To develop and pilot a clinician-rated outcome scale to evaluate symptomatic outcomes in liaison psychiatry services. Three hundred and sixty patient contacts with 207 separate individuals were rated using six subscales (mood, psychosis, cognition, substance misuse, mind–body problems and behavioural disturbance) plus two additional items (side-effects of medication and capacity to consent for medical treatment). Each item was rated on a five-point scale from 0 to 5 (nil, mild, moderate, severe and very severe).
Results
The liaison outcome measure was acceptable and easy to use. All subscales showed acceptable interrater reliability, with the exception of the mind–body subscale. Overall, the measure appears to show stability and sensitivity to change.
Clinical implications
The measure provides a useful and robust way to determine symptomatic change in a liaison mental health setting, although the mind–body subscale requires modification.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Authors 2018. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Liaison psychiatry; outcome measure; consultation liaison psychiatry |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 May 2018 15:44 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 21:21 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1192/bjb.2017.28 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130921 |
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