| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for elderly people (HoNOS 65+) | | Author(s) | A Burns, A Beevor, P Lelliott |
| Journal title | British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 174, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp 424-427 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Cognitive impairment ; Ill health ; Screening ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The particular physical and cognitive problems that affect older people require a specific scale for their measurement. This article outlines the initial development, pilot and validity studies to tailor the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) for over 65s. Validity was assessed by comparison with existing scales reflecting depression, cognitive function, psychiatric symptomatology, activities of daily living (ADLs) and functional ability. Reliability studies were conducted at two centres. HoNOS 65+ was successfully amended to include specific aspects of mental health problems in older people, including the phenomenology of depression, delusions occurring with dementia, incontinence, and agitation/restlessness. HoNOS 65+ was able to discriminate between people suffering from organic and functional illnesses. Correlations with other scales indicated reasonable validity. However, limitations remain. More work needs to be done to assess the ability of HoNOS 65+ to predict outcomes in older people; and global ratings on HoNOS 65+ do not necessarily reflect global functioning as measured by other scales. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990716222 A |
| Classmark | E: E4: CH: 3V: 4C |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|