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Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research 6/2007

01-11-2007 | Original Paper

Cross-National Reliability of Clinician-Rated Outcome Measures in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

Authors: Ketil Hanssen-Bauer, Simon Gowers, Odd O. Aalen, Niels Bilenberg, Peter Brann, Elena Garralda, Sally Merry, Sonja Heyerdahl

Published in: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research | Issue 6/2007

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Abstract

Clinician-rated measures are in extensive use as routine outcome measures in child and adolescent mental health services. We investigated cross-national differences and inter-rater reliability of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA), the Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) and the Global Assessment of Psychosocial Disability (GAPD). Thirty clinicians from 5 nations independently rated 20 written vignettes. The national groups afterwards established national consensus ratings. There were no cross-national differences in independent scores, but there were differences in national consensus scores, which were also more severe than independent scores. The ICC for the HoNOSCA total score was 0.84, for the CGAS 0.61 and for the GAPD 0.54. These measures may usefully contribute to cross-national comparison studies.
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Metadata
Title
Cross-National Reliability of Clinician-Rated Outcome Measures in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Authors
Ketil Hanssen-Bauer
Simon Gowers
Odd O. Aalen
Niels Bilenberg
Peter Brann
Elena Garralda
Sally Merry
Sonja Heyerdahl
Publication date
01-11-2007
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research / Issue 6/2007
Print ISSN: 0894-587X
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3289
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-007-0135-x

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