title: Is there a correlation between physicians' clinical impressions and patients' perceptions of change? Use of the Perceived Change Scale with inpatients with mental disorders.
abstract: Assessment of the results of treatment for mental disorders becomes more complete when the patient's perspective is incorporated. Here, we aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties and application of the Perceived Change Scale - Patient version (PCS-P) in a sample of inpatients with mental disorders.
  One hundred and ninety-one psychiatric inpatients answered the PCS-P and the Patients' Satisfaction with Mental Health Services Scale (SATIS) and were evaluated in terms of clinical and sociodemographic data. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed and internal consistency was calculated. The clinical impressions of the patient, family, and physician were correlated with the patient's perception of change.
  The EFA indicated a psychometrically suitable four-factor solution. The PCS-P exhibited a coherent relationship with SATIS and had a Cronbach's alpha value of 0.856. No correlations were found between the physician's clinical global impression of improvement and the patient's perception of change, although a moderate positive correlation was found between the patients' clinical global impression of improvement and the change perceived by the patient.
  The PCS-P exhibited adequate psychometric proprieties in a sample of inpatients with mental disorders. The patient's perception of change is an important dimension for evaluation of outcomes in the treatment of mental disorders and differs from the physician's clinical impression of improvement. Evaluation of positive and negative perceptions of the various dimensions of the patient's life enables more precise consideration of the patient's priorities and interests.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal e Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital São Lucas (HSL), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pavan
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal e Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital São Lucas (HSL), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Julia Almeida
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal e Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital São Lucas (HSL), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Tavares
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal e Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital São Lucas (HSL), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Hugo Karling
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Moreschi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal e Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital São Lucas (HSL), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eduardo Lopes
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Nogueira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal e Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital São Lucas (HSL), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lucas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spanemberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010465:Perception; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014175:Translating