title: [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].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universität Leipzig, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie. kilr@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kilian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernert
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matschinger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mory
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roick
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Angermeyer
mesh_terms: 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*
vernacular_title: Die standardisierte Erfassung des Behandlungs- und Unterstützungsbedarfs bei schweren psychischen Erkrankungen - Entwicklung und Erprobung der deutschsprachigen Version des Camberwell Assessment of Need-EU