Assessment Procedures Used in Studies on Long-Stay Patients

1979 ◽  
Vol 135 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
John N. Hall
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Restricted Range ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Direct Assessment ◽  
Assessment Procedures ◽  
Original Information

SummaryEvery article published in the British Journal of Psychiatry between 1945 and 1974 was reviewed that provided original information derived from the direct assessment of long-stay patients. The 225 articles were examined for details of assessment practice and characteristics of the patients studied. Most studies used a very restricted range of assessment methods, with rating scales, used most frequently. Many used wholly unstandardized methods, and the description of patient characteristics was inadequate. A number of improvements in assessment practice are suggested.

scholarly journals Implementing evidence-based assessment and selection in organizations: A review and an agenda for future research

2020 ◽  
pp. 204138662098341
Author(s):  
Marvin Neumann ◽  
A. Susan M. Niessen ◽  
Rob R. Meijer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Self Determination Theory ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Assessment Instruments ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Outcome Feedback ◽  
Evidence Based Decision Making

In personnel- and educational selection, a substantial gap exists between research and practice, since evidence-based assessment instruments and decision-making procedures are underutilized. We provide an overview of studies that investigated interventions to encourage the use of evidence-based assessment methods, or factors related to their use. The most promising studies were grounded in self-determination theory. Training and autonomy in the design of evidence-based assessment methods were positively related to their use, while negative stakeholder perceptions decreased practitioners’ intentions to use evidence-based assessment methods. Use of evidence-based decision-making procedures was positively related to access to such procedures, information to use it, and autonomy over the procedure, but negatively related to receiving outcome feedback. A review of the professional selection literature showed that the implementation of evidence-based assessment was hardly discussed. We conclude with an agenda for future research on encouraging evidence-based assessment practice.

BS 7910: History and Future Developments

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Hadley
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Weld Strength ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Metallic Structures ◽  
History Of ◽  
Fracture Assessment ◽  
Offshore Industry ◽  
Crack Tip Constraint ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Assessment Procedures

BS 7910, the UK procedure for the assessment of flaws in metallic structures, was first published almost 30 years ago in the form of a fracture/fatigue assessment procedure, PD6493. It provided the basis for analysing fabrication flaws and the need for repair in a rational fashion, rather than relying on long-established (and essentially arbitrary) workmanship rules. The UK offshore industry in particular embraced this new approach to flaw assessment, which is now widely recognised by safety authorities and specifically referred to in certain design codes, including codes for pressure equipment. Since its first publication in 1980, PD6493/BS 7910 has been regularly maintained and expanded, taking in elements of other publications such as the UK power industry’s fracture assessment procedure R6 (in particular the Failure Assessment Diagram approach), the creep assessment procedure PD6539 and the gas transmission industry’s approach to assessment of locally thinned areas in pipelines. The FITNET European thematic network, run between 2002 and 2006, has further advanced the state of the art, bringing in assessment methods from SINTAP (an earlier European research project), R6, R5 and elsewhere. In particular, the FITNET fracture assessment methods represent considerable advances over the current BS 7910 methods; for example, weld strength mismatch can be explicitly analysed by using FITNET Option 2, and crack tip constraint through Option 5. Corrosion assessment methods in FITNET are also more versatile than those of BS 7910, and now include methods for vessels and elbows as well as for pipelines. In view of these recent advances, the BS 7910 committee has decided to incorporate many elements of the FITNET procedure into the next edition of BS 7910, to be published c2012. This paper summarises the history of the development of BS 7910, its relationship with other flaw assessment procedures (in particular FITNET and R6) and its future.

scholarly journals The use of clozapine in South Manchester

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (10) ◽  
pp. 618-619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alice Seabourne ◽  
Christopher S. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Response To Treatment ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Consultant Group

We describe a survey examining the use of clozapine in South Manchester since 1990. The aims were to determine the patient characteristics, type of illness, response to treatment and recording of this information. The case-notes of the first 25 patients to receive clozapine between 1990 and 1992 were audited. Guidelines about who should receive this drug and what objective assessments should be performed were agreed by the consultant group. The audit demonstrated that 24 patients suffered from chronic schizophrenia which had failed to respond to conventional neuroleptics. Routine mental state examinations were regularly performed but objective assessments using standardised rating scales were employed infrequently. Sixteen out of 25 improved on clozapine but at the end of 1992 only ten subjects were still receiving this drug. The majority had been discontinued because of side effects.

scholarly journals Testing Our Children When the World Shuts Down: Analyzing Recommendations for Adapted Tele-Assessment during COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (8) ◽  
pp. 923-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley Kathleen Krach ◽  
Tracy L. Paskiewicz ◽  
Malaya M. Monk
Keyword(s):  
School Psychologists ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Management Planning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Governmental Agencies ◽  
The World ◽  
Do So

In 2017, the National Association of School Psychologists described tele-assessment as the least researched area of telehealth. This became problematic in 2020 when COVID-19 curtailed the administration of face-to-face assessments. Publishers began to offer computer-adapted tele-assessment methods for tests that had only previously been administered in person. Recommendations for adapted tele-assessment practice had to be developed with little empirical data. The current study analyzed recommendations from entities including professional organizations, test publishers, and governmental offices. The samples for each were small, but the findings were noteworthy. Test publishers were unanimous in recommending the use of their face-to-face assessments through adapted tele-assessment methods (either with or without caution). Governmental agencies were more likely to recommend not using adapted tele-assessment methods or to use these methods with caution. Finally, professional organizations were almost unanimous in their recommendations to use adapted tele-assessment but to do so with caution. In addition to deviations in the types of recommendations provided, entities varied in how the information was distributed. About one-fifth (23.5%) of all entities surveyed provided no recommendations at all. About 45% of the remaining entities provided recommendations on their Web sites. The rest provided information through shared documents, online toolkits, peer-reviewed journals, and emails. Implications for the field of psychology’s future crisis management planning are discussed in response to these findings.

Options to enhance the veracity of Australian health service accreditation assessments

2020 ◽  
pp. 183335832091089
Author(s):  
Reece Hinchcliff ◽  
Deborah Debono ◽  
David Carter ◽  
Miriam Glennie ◽  
Hamish Robertson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Service ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Assessment Practice ◽  
Patient Journey ◽  
Stakeholder Consultation ◽  
Australian Health ◽  
Short Notice ◽  
Tracer Methods ◽  
Subsequent Introduction

Background: Assessment processes applied within some health service accreditation programs have been criticised at times for being inaccurate, inconsistent or inefficient. Such criticism has inspired the development of innovative assessment methods. Objective: The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care considered the use of three such methods: short-notice or unannounced methods; patient journey or tracer methods; and attestation by governing bodies. Method: A systematic search and synthesis of published peer-reviewed and grey literature associated with these methods. Results and Conclusion: The published literature demonstrates that the likely benefits of these three assessment methods warrant further evaluation, real-world trials and stakeholder consultation to determine the most appropriate models to introduce into national accreditation programs. Implications: The subsequent introduction of models of short-notice assessments and attestation by governing bodies into the Australian Health Service Safety and Quality Accreditation Scheme in January 2019 demonstrates how the findings presented in this article influenced the national change in assessment practice, providing an example of evidence-informed accreditation development.

Propulsive forces in human competitive swimming: a systematic review on direct assessment methods

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Catarina C. Santos ◽  
Daniel A. Marinho ◽  
Henrique P. Neiva ◽  
Mário J. Costa
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Competitive Swimming ◽  
Direct Assessment

Creating Access to Assessment Methods and Results

2019 ◽  
pp. 146-176
Author(s):  
Karen Postal
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Standardized Testing ◽  
Neuropsychological Assessment ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
Assessment Procedures ◽  
Thought Bubbles ◽  
Assessment Results

Jurors may have no idea how our assessment tools and procedures work. Professionals are so used to speaking and thinking with the basic assumptions of our professions that those assumptions become invisible to us. Standardized testing and normative interpretation are a great example of this concept. After years of graduate school and clinical practice, when a neuropsychologist uses the word testing we have a very precise image in our thought bubbles of a battery of valid and reliably constructed instruments, normed on appropriate populations, administered in a standardized fashion, and interpreted in the context of the larger assessment. But very few jurors will have been exposed to the concept of normative interpretation. To ensure that jurors and triers of fact have access to our broader message regarding assessment results, we need to begin our testimony with a clear, accessible, and engaging description of our assessment tools and process. This chapter addresses strategies for explaining psychological and neuropsychological assessment procedures, as well as specific tests like the MMPI, in a clear, accessible manner.

A Comparison of Depression Rating Scales

1982 ◽  
Vol 141 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norma P. Kearns ◽  
C. A. Cruickshank ◽  
K. J. McGuigan ◽  
S. A. Riley ◽  
Susan P. Shaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beck Depression Inventory ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Severity Of Illness ◽  
Depressive Illness ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
A Performance

SummaryIn a comparison of assessment methods of severity of depressive illness, the Montgomery-åsberg Scale had, broadly, a performance equal to the Hamilton Scale. The Beck Depression Inventory, its subscale, and the Wakefield Inventory all had overall poor performances and should now be abandoned in research. The two-patient-rated scales were, overall, similar and fairly satisfactory measures. The comparisons were at points in severity of illness and not on change of severity.

ADHD Assessment in College Students: Psychologists’ Adherence to DSM-5 Criteria and Multi-Method/Multi-Informant Assessment

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Weis ◽  
Christina H. Till ◽  
Celeste P. Erickson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Academic Accommodations ◽  
Statistical Manual ◽  
Adhd Assessment ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Students With Adhd ◽  
Assessment Procedures

The evidence-based assessment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) depends on adherence to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.; DSM-5) diagnostic criteria and reliance on multi-method/multi-informant data. Although nearly all psychologists endorse these practices, college students with ADHD may lack documentation supporting their diagnoses. We reviewed the documentation submitted by 214 undergraduates diagnosed with ADHD and receiving academic accommodations for this condition. Their clinicians also completed a checklist that described their assessment procedures. Relatively few psychologists assessed all DSM-5 criteria, based on either the psychologist’s self-reported assessment procedures (23.4%), written documentation (14.0%), or multi-method/multi-informant data (10.3%) such as educational/medical records, results of rating scales, or interviews with other informants. Psychologists were least likely to assess students’ areas of impairment or to rule out alternative causes for students’ self-reported symptoms. This lack of adherence to DSM-5 criteria and overreliance on students’ self-reports can threaten the reliability of diagnosis and the appropriateness of medication and accommodations that follow.

scholarly journals Review of Classifications and Scoring Systems for Metastatic Spine Tumors Used in Surgical Treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
M. Korzh ◽  
◽  
V Kutsenko ◽  
O. Perfiliev ◽  
A. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Medical Information ◽  
Mechanical Stability ◽  
Scoring Systems ◽  
Assessment Methods ◽  
Metastatic Tumors ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Metastatic Lesions

It is known that metastases in the spine are detected in more than 70% of cancer patients, and in 10% of such patients, compression of nerve structures and severe neurological disorders develop. The role of surgery for metastatic tumors of the spine is in the focus of attention, since the operation can improve mechanical stability, decompress nerve structures and reduce the intensity of pain. However, what role the operation plays in increasing life expectancy and how to correctly assess the results of treatment remains controversial and the opinions of specialists are controversial, since the assessment is often made by oncologists, but it is the surgeon who more fully evaluates the potential risks and benefits of surgical interventions. Therefore, it is important for surgeons to understand what prognostic factors affect the quality and duration of life. This article presents the most cited classifications and assessments before 2009, as well as all classifications and assessments obtained after 2010 regarding metastatic lesions of the spine, as well as classifications used to develop treatment tactics obtained from the electronic databases PubMed, MEDLINE, articles, monographs, abstracts, dissertations and other sources of scientific and medical information. 57 main publications with II and III levels of evidence were selected, 6 classifications and 24 rating scales were considered. In order to construct the necessary tactics of the surgical strategy, the classification / assessment methods were divided into anatomical classification / assessment methods, neurological symptom / instability assessment methods, and assessment systems for predicting life expectancy. The study showed that in the surgical treatment of metastatic tumors of the spine, it is important to use the same rating scales and classifications to select indications and assess the results of surgical treatment, as well as to achieve meaningful comparisons between published series. Conclusion. The classifications and rating scales used for metastatic lesions of the spine do not fully reflect the type of surgical treatment: there is no algorithm for restoring the support ability of the spine, which is very important for this category of patients

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