A review of the psychometric properties of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) family of measures

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pirkis, Jane E ^a   Burgess, Philip M ^b   Kirk, Pia K ^b   Dodson, Sarity ^a   Coombs, Tim J ^c   Williamson, Michelle K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS); Health of the Nation Outcome Scales 65+ (HoNOS65+); Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA); Mental health; Outcome measurement

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 28844456357     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-3-76     Document Type: Review

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