Praktische vergelijking van uitkomstinstrumenten in de geestelijke gezondheidszorg

Due to several developments in (mental) health care, outcome monitoring has became more and more important. The Clinical Global Impression (CGI), Korte Klachtenlijst (KKL), Health of the Nation Outcome Scale (HoNOS), Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R), Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45), Outcome Rating Scale (ORS), Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation - Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) and Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS) are widely used monitoring tools in the Netherlands. The Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (MANSA) and World Health Organisation Quality of Life-Bref (WHOQoL-Bref) are widely used for evaluation of quality of life. To make an comparison possible, an overview of these instruments is made