title: CAMHS dependency scoring: clarity and clinical relevance of the CAMHS-AID.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A dependency measure (the CAMHS-AID) was developed in Birmingham and Manchester to support more accurate decisions about whether a young person can be accommodated on a child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) inpatient unit. This study aimed to test the content and face validity of the scale.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-six nursing staff were provided with booklets of the randomly ordered CAMHS-AID items and asked to rate the clarity of the items and how well they reflected clinical practice on a 5-point scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of the items were given a score of four or five, indicating that the majority of the CAMHS nurses felt that the CAMHS-AID items were very clear and understandable and accurately reflected clinical practice. There was greater variance when rating the clinical relevance of the items; the higher the grade of nurse the more likely they were to rate the items a 5 for clinical relevance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The CAMHS-AID has good content and face validity. We are continuing to investigate other aspects of validity and reliability of this context specific dependency scoring tool.
authors: Booth Hall, Children's Hospital, Manchester. Paul.Abeles@CMMC.nhs.uk
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Abeles
authors: Eleri
authors: E
authors: Holmes
authors: Malli
authors: M
authors: Wadge
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Hodgkinson
authors: Adam
authors: A
authors: Danquah
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital