TY - JOUR
T1 - Interrater reliability of using brief standardized outcome measures in a community mental health setting
AU - Velligan, Dawn I.
AU - Lopez, Linda
AU - Castillo, Desirée A.
AU - Manaugh, Bren
AU - Milam, A. Camis
AU - Miller, Alexander L.
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - Objective: Given psychiatry's need to implement measurement-based care, the study examined whether direct-care staff could reliably administer brief positive and negative symptom instruments to track symptom changes and inform clinical decision making. Methods: Raters (82 case managers) were assessed at baseline. Training was provided for individuals not meeting reliability criteria. These individuals were reassessed to determine the effect of training. In addition, rater drift was assessed for raters judged to be reliable at baseline. Results: Seventy-seven percent of direct-care staff met criteria for reliability either at baseline or after they received additional training. Conclusions: A majority of direct-care staff can be trained to reliability on brief scales of positive and negative symptoms that can be used to guide clinical decision making.
AB - Objective: Given psychiatry's need to implement measurement-based care, the study examined whether direct-care staff could reliably administer brief positive and negative symptom instruments to track symptom changes and inform clinical decision making. Methods: Raters (82 case managers) were assessed at baseline. Training was provided for individuals not meeting reliability criteria. These individuals were reassessed to determine the effect of training. In addition, rater drift was assessed for raters judged to be reliable at baseline. Results: Seventy-seven percent of direct-care staff met criteria for reliability either at baseline or after they received additional training. Conclusions: A majority of direct-care staff can be trained to reliability on brief scales of positive and negative symptoms that can be used to guide clinical decision making.
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U2 - 10.1176/ps.62.5.pss6205_0558
DO - 10.1176/ps.62.5.pss6205_0558
M3 - Article
C2 - 21532087
AN - SCOPUS:79955667167
VL - 62
SP - 558
EP - 560
JO - Hospital and Community Psychiatry
JF - Hospital and Community Psychiatry
SN - 1075-2730
IS - 5
ER -