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Assessment schedules for chronic psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

E. Sturt  and
Til Wykes
E. Sturt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Til Wykes*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
2Address for correspondence: Dr T. Wykes, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
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Synopsis

The Social Behaviour Schedule (SBS) was examined as a measure of disability in a series of 66 chronic psychiatric patients, who were also assessed using the Social Role Performance Schedule (SRP) and the ninth edition of the Present State Examination (PSE). All three schedules have been used in previous studies in their present form. SBS and SRP measures were correlated with each other and neither showed any relationship with subjectively described current PSE symptoms. SBS deficit was associated with a clinical diagnosis of schizophrenia and with problems in supervised occupational activity. Long-term hospital residents showed greater SBS deficit than chronic patients in active rehabilitation programmes, although impaired SRP was the major correlate with the type of supervision provided. SRP measures can be compared with population norms, unlike measures derived from the SBS, which cover more severe ranges of disability.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , May 1987 , pp. 485 - 493
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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