[The standardized assessment of the need for treatment and support in severe mental illness: the development and testing of the German version of the Camberwell assessment of Need-EU].
OBJECTIVE
The development and the psychometric testing of the German version of the Camberwell Assessment of Need-EU will be presented.


METHODS
The internal consistency of the subscales total needs, met needs and unmet needs was tested by the application of the CAN-EU on a representative sample of 307 patients with schizophrenia according to ICD-10 F20.0. Test-retest-reliability and inter-rater-reliability was tested with a sub-sample of 41 patients.


RESULTS
The internal consistency and the test-retest-reliability of the German version of the CAN-EU is satisfying and slightly higher in comparison with the other European versions. The inter-rater-reliability is also satisfying but smaller in comparison with the other European versions.


CONCLUSIONS
In general, the psychometric properties of the German version of the CAN-EU are satisfying but the lower inter-rater-reliability in comparison with the other European versions suggests that more precise coding rules for the German version of the CAN-EU must be formulated to improve the inter-rater agreement of the instrument.
Kilian
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Universität Leipzig, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie. kilr@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Bernert
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Matschinger
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Mory
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Roick
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Angermeyer
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D000328:Adult; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000191:economics; D015588:Observer Variation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy*
Die standardisierte Erfassung des Behandlungs- und Unterstützungsbedarfs bei schweren psychischen Erkrankungen - Entwicklung und Erprobung der deutschsprachigen Version des Camberwell Assessment of Need-EU