What does 'clinical significance' mean in the context of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales?

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Burgess, Philip ^a   Trauer, Tom ^b   Coombs, Tim ^c   McKay, Rod ^d   Pirkis, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry   (Australia)

^d Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical significance; Health of the Nation Outcome Scales; Outcome measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTENT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH OF THE NATION OUTCOME SCALES; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESPONSIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRALIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67650302523     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560802460453     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Pirkis, J., Burgess, P., Coombs, T., Clarke, A., Jones-Ellis, D. and Dickson, R. (2005) Routine measurement of outcomes in Australian public sector mental health services. Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 2, p. 8.
2. Pirkis, J., Burgess, P., Kirk, P., Dodson, S., Coombs, T. and Williams, M. (2005) A review of the psychometric properties of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) family of measures. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 3, p. 76.