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Needs assessment: involvement of staff and users will help to meet needs
- Author:
- SLADE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 165, September 1994, pp.293-296.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
Argues that there are no assessment instruments which fully meet the requirements of the NHS and Community Care Act 1990, and those that do exist can be categorised as measuring: lack of health; lack of access to service or institutions; and lack of action by lay or professional mental health workers. These schedules are reviewed, and recommendations are made for the development of more appropriate tools, which are both practical to use and meet statutory requirements.
Routine use of mental health outcome assessments: choosing the measure
- Authors:
- SALVI Giovanni, LESSE Morven, SLADE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 186(2), February 2005, pp.146-152.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
The aim was to investigate the relationship between the items in four staff-rated measures recommended for routine use. Correlation analysis of total scores and factor analysis using combined data from the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS). The Camberwell Assessment of Need Short Appraisal Schedule (CANSAS), the Threshold Assessment Grid (TAG) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) were performed. Procrustes analysis on factors and scales, and Ward's cluster analysis to group the items, were applied. The total scores of the measures were moderately correlated. The Procrustes analysis, factor analysis and cluster analysis all agreed on better coverage of the patients' problems by HoNOS and CANSAS. A global severity factor accounts for 16% of the variance, and is best measured with TAG or GAF. The CANSAS and HoNOS each provide a detailed characterisation of the patient; only CANSAS provides information about met needs.
User-friendly assessment of need
- Authors:
- SLADE Mike, THORNICROFT Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 18.8.99, 1999, pp.52-53.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
This report offers a quick and easy-to-use questionnaire for assessing the needs of mental health service users.