Service user and significant other versions of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this paper was to test the measurement properties of self-report (SR) and significant other (SO) versions of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS).


METHODS
SR and SO HoNOSs, with content closely paralleling the clinician HoNOS but with item 8 expanded into scales rating each difficulty separately, were developed and trialed with Early Intervention for Psychosis service users and their significant others.


RESULTS
Satisfactory agreement was found between SR, SO and clinician HoNOSs, and between the SR and SO on most additional items.


CONCLUSIONS
Results suggest adequate validity of the measures. The additional items proved useful for identifying comorbidities that may have been under-recognized. Results suggest that SR and SO versions of the HoNOS can be valid and valuable for triangulating and recording the perspectives of different stakeholders in promoting recovery.
Stewart
Malcolm
M
Counties Manukau District Health Board, and Health Research Council Foxley Senior Research Fellow, Social and Community Health, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Malcolm.Stewart@auckland.ac.nz
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D055815:Young Adult