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Development and Evaluation of a Patient-rated Version Of the Camberwell Assessment of Need Short Appraisal Schedule (CANSAS-P)

Authors: Tom Trauer, Ph.D, Glen Tobias, Grad. Dip, Mike Slade, Ph.D

Published in: Community Mental Health Journal | Issue 2/2008

Abstract

The comprehensive assessment of patients with severe mental health problems includes the evaluation of needs, as this informs service planning, and levels of unmet need have been found to be associated with lower subjective quality of life. The Camberwell Assessment of Need is the most widely used instrument for this purpose. We report the development and evaluation of a new, patient-rated, short form (CANSAS-P). The CANSAS-P exhibited comparable detection of needs with its predecessor, better identification of domains that are problematic for patients to respond to, good test-retest reliability, especially for unmet needs, and generally positive evaluations by patients. We recommend the CANSAS-P as the needs assessment measure of choice for completion by patients.

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Title: Development and Evaluation of a Patient-rated Version Of the Camberwell Assessment of Need Short Appraisal Schedule (CANSAS-P)
Authors: Tom Trauer, Ph.D
Glen Tobias, Grad. Dip
Mike Slade, Ph.D
Publication date: 01-04-2008
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Community Mental Health Journal / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 0010-3853
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2789
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-007-9101-z

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