Abstract
Aims and MethodThe Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) were developed as a routine measure of outcomes in child and adolescent psychiatry. In a preliminary study we administered sub-scale 12 of HoNOSCA (Family Life and Relationships) to 20 families and compared the results with two well-established measures of family functioning and a measure of abnormal psychosocial situations associated with psychopathology.ResultsStrong correlations were found between HoNOSCA sub-scale 12 and both self-assessed and clinician-assessed measures of family functioning. However, there was little relationship between HoNOSCA (12) and a measure of abnormal psychosocial situations.Clinical ImplicationsHoNOSCA (12) appears to provide a quick and valid assessment of overall family dysfunction and can be used in a time-efficient manner as a means to assess where further more comprehensive family assessment or family therapy may be required.
Highlights
The scales cover a wide range of problem areas and include a scale on ‘problems with family life and relationships’
HoNOSCA has been compared with the Children’s Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) where correlations were found to vary from moderate to modest depending on the sub-scale (Yates et al, 1999)
The principal aim of this study was to establish whether a relationship exists between HoNOSCA sub-scale 12 and gold standard measures of family functioning and family life events
Summary
The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (HoNOSCA) were developed as a routine measure of outcomes in child and adolescent psychiatry. In a preliminary study we administered subscale 12 of HoNOSCA (Family Life and Relationships) to 20 families and compared the results with two wellestablished measures of family functioning and a measure of abnormal psychosocial situations associated with psychopathology
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