Factorial validity and measurement equivalence of the Client Assessment of Treatment Scale for psychiatric inpatient care - A study in three European countries

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 156-160

  Richardson, Michelle ^a   Katsakou, Christina ^a   Torres González, Francisco ^b   Onchev, George ^c   Kallert, Thomas ^d   Priebe, Stefan ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAT; Psychiatric patients; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CLIENT ASSESSMENT OF TREATMENT SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY;

BULGARIA; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 79956059509     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 01651781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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