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Objective social outcomes index (SIX): a method to summarise objective indicators of social outcomes in mental health care

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Summary, in English

Objective: No method has yet been established to summarise different objective indicators of social outcomes into one score. The study aimed to develop and test a simple, brief and meaningful index of social outcomes that can be used across a broad range of mental health studies and is potentially obtainable from routine documentation. Method: An index capturing employment, accommodation and living situation (range from 0 to 6; SIX) was devised and tested in three longitudinal datasets of patients with severe mental illness from Germany, Sweden and the UK. Results: SIX showed an almost normal distribution cross-sectionally in all three datasets. Between 58 and 78% of patients changed scores over time. Change scores were weakly associated with change scores of symptoms, quality of life, global functioning and disability. Conclusion: A simple method to summarise different indicators of social outcomes provides meaningful results. It can be widely used in research and routine care.

Publishing year

2008

Language

English

Pages

57-63

Publication/Series

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volume

118

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Psychiatry

Keywords

  • global functioning
  • disability
  • symptoms
  • quality of life

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1600-0447