The Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) includes 12 items designed to measure the problems @entity1 have when admitted to a @entity146 hospital and to monitor to what extent these problems have diminished at discharge from hospital. The Danish version of the HoNOS was translated from the original English version in accordance with the WHO guidelines for scale translation. The HoNOS was evaluated for inter-staff agreement using a case vignette from the English training sessions. The HoNOS was then applied in a consecutive sample of 1769 inpatients over a period of 18 months. This sample covered 89% of all admissions in this period and was found representative with regard to age and gender. The diagnostic distribution according to ICD-10 showed that half of the @entity1 were listed within @entity161 and @entity1316 . The HoNOS profile, using all 12 items of the scale, showed that @entity161 was associated with @entity1833 or delusional symptoms, with @entity73 ; @entity162 with @entity146 , with drinking or drug-taking and with @entity148 ; whereas @entity308 was associated with suicidal behaviour, @entity221 and @entity308 mood. Long-term stay in hospital was associated with a higher level of psychopathological symptoms at admission for @entity161 , @entity162 and @entity308 . Among the diagnostic groupings, @entity162 was associated with the greatest improvement in behavioural problems and psychological symptoms. The use of @entity1091 was diagnostically associated with @entity162 . Within these categories, the @entity1091 -treated @entity1 had a greater improvement in behavioural problems and psychological symptoms than the non- @entity1091 -treated. The use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in @entity308 @entity1 was associated with a HoNOS admission profile of higher scores on psychological problems (delusions and @entity308 mood) than those seen in the non-ECT-treated @entity308 @entity1 . The ECT-treated @entity1 had a higher level of improvement at discharge. In conclusion, this first Scandinavian study with HoNOS showed that the scale is easy to implement in the daily routine of a @entity146 ward and that the HoNOS can give useful information about the quality of care in hospitalized @entity1 .

Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS): Implementability, subscale structure and responsiveness in the daily XXXX hospital routine over the first 18 months.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity162 :: ('MESH:D001714', 'Disease') :: ['bipolar and schizoaffective disorders', 'mania'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depressive', 'depressed', 'depression'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric', 'aggressive behaviour'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['social and cognitive problems'] @entity1833 :: ('MESH:D006212', 'Disease') :: ['hallucinations'] @entity1316 :: ('MESH:D019964', 'Disease') :: ['mood disorders'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity161 :: ('MESH:D012559', 'Disease') :: ['schizophrenia'] @entity1091 :: ('MESH:D008094', 'Chemical') :: ['lithium'] @entity221 :: ('MESH:D005334', 'Disease') :: ['physical illness']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['psychiatric']
