Assessing behavioral health outcomes in outpatient programs: Reliability and validity of the BASIS-32
- 1 February 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research
- Vol. 26 (1) , 5-17
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02287790
Abstract
The Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-32) was developed to assess mental health outcomes among patients with severe illness treated on inpatient programs. However, its applicability and utility to those treated in outpatient programs has not been determined. The objective of this study was to assess reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the BASIS-32 among mental health consumers treated in outpatient programs. A total of 407 outpatients completed the BASIS-32 and the Short Form Health Status Profile (SF-36) at the beginning of a treatment episode and again 30 to 90 days later. Outpatients reported less difficulty at intake than did inpatients, and the BASIS-32 detected statistically significant changes 30 to 90 days after beginning outpatient treatment. Factor structure and construct validity were partially confirmed on this sample of outpatient consumers. Analyses of data from a wide range of facilities and samples would add to validation efforts and to further refinement of the BASIS-32.Keywords
This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
- Implementing outcome systems: Lessons from a test of the BASIS-32 and the SF-36The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 1999
- Assessing clinical outcomes: the community functioning of persons with serious mental illnessPsychiatric Services, 1997
- Mental health outcome assessment: The new agenda.Psychotherapy, 1996
- Assessment of Subjective Distress by Patients' Self-Report versus Structured InterviewPsychological Reports, 1995
- Reliability and Validity of a Brief Patient-Report Instrument for Psychiatric Outcome EvaluationPsychiatric Services, 1994
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36): III. Tests of Data Quality, Scaling Assumptions, and Reliability Across Diverse Patient GroupsMedical Care, 1994
- The MOS 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)Medical Care, 1993
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)Medical Care, 1992
- The dose–effect relationship in psychotherapy.American Psychologist, 1986
- Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of testsPsychometrika, 1951