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208 PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION
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8.12 Examples of other instruments used to
assess disablement
Activities of Daily Living ADLs)
EuroQol
Instrumental Activities of Daily Living IADLs)
Health Utility Index HUI)
London Handicap Scale
Quality of Well-Being Scale QWB)
Nottingham Health Profile NHP)
Short Form SF-12 and SF-36)
SF-36), a comprehensive self-administered short form with only 36 questions
designed to measure health status and outcomes from the patient's
point of view [99].
The SF-36 yields a profile of eight health scores:
1. Limitations in physical activities because of health problems.
2. Limitations in usual role activities because of physical health problems.
3. Bodily pain.
4. General health perceptions.
5. Vitality energy and fatigue).
6. Limitations in social activities because of physical or emotional problems.
7. Limitations in usual role activities because of emotional problems.
8. Mental health psychological distress and well-being).
The SF-12 [100], an even shorter survey form published in 1995, has been
shown to yield summary physical and mental health outcome scores that
are interchangeable with those from the SF-36 in both general and specific
populations.
The instruments have been translated into more than 40 languages. The
SF-36 can be used in all kinds of surveys and has been proved useful in
monitoring general and specific populations, as documented in more than
2000 publications. More information can be obtained on the SF-36 homepage
http://www.sf36.com/).
RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF CLINICAL
ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS IN PSYCHIATRY
A variety of semi-structured or fully structured diagnostic instruments,
together with a number of screening questionnaires, are currently available
for assessing probands and for making psychiatric diagnoses according to