title: Use of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale to measure success in a psychosocial day program.
abstract: This study contrasted six subscales of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) to determine their sensitivity to psychosocial treatment outcome. An expanded version of the BPRS was administered to 216 clients on admission to a day program. The subscale measuring hostility and suspiciousness discriminated at intake clients who were therapeutically discharged from clients who did not complete the program and predicted discharge status after the investigators controlled for the effects of demographic variables. Significant reductions in scores were obtained on five subscales for a subset of clients to whom the BPRS was readministered before discharge. The results support the use of the expanded BPRS as an evaluative tool in psychosocial rehabilitation programs.
authors.affiliation: McKerracher Centre, Saskatoon District Health, Royal University Hospital, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Inch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crossley
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Keegan
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thorarinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012525:Saskatchewan; D012917:Social Adjustment