SLOF: a behavioral rating scale for assessing the mentally ill.
Rating scales for assessing the mentally ill usually focus on the role functioning of clients and their psychiatric symptomatology. This article introduces a rating scale to measure more directly observable behavioral functioning and daily living skills of clients in mental hospitals and in the community. Results are presented from a series of studies designed to test the instrument's psychometric properties.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003155:Community Mental Health Centers; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006783:Hospitals, State; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009515:New Jersey; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales