Development, reliability and acceptability of a new version of the DSM- IV Social Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS) to assess routine social functioning

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 323-329

  Morosini, Pier Luigi ^a   Magliano, L ^c   Brambilla, L ^b   Ugolini, S ^b   Pioli, R ^b  

^a Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit   (Italy)

^b Rehabilitation Unit for Dementia   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Reliability; Scale; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 0034022621     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.101004323.x     Document Type: Article

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