title: Dependency scoring for child and adolescent inpatient mental health services.
abstract: Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) inpatient units provide multi-disciplinary treatment for young people with a wide range of complex needs, many of whom have co-morbid presentations. There is no reliable, validated measure of CAMHS patient dependency. This article reports the first stages of a project to develop a properly researched dependency measure for use before (i.e. by those referring the young person) and during the young person's stay. Expert opinion was sought to develop a list of statements regarding a young person's care which could be rated according to level of need. Initial piloting demonstrated face and concurrent validity; next steps include exploring issues of item ambiguity and weighting.
authors.affiliation: Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hodgkinson
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: Malli
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wadge
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Abeles
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Danquah
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry; D000298:Adolescent, Hospitalized; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services; D002665:Child Psychiatry; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D008605:Mental Health Services; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D010343:Patient Admission; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016526:Workload