Assessment methods
Approved methods were used for the assessment of symptoms and psychiatric diagnosis, the need for post-therapeutic treatment, work ability, personality functions, social functioning, lifestyle, and cost-effectiveness.
Main assessment methods
- Psychiatric diagnosis and symptoms
- Psychiatric diagnoses, axes I and II (DSM-IV ) (American Psychiatric Association 1994)
- Global Assessment of Functioning scale (GAF, DSM-IV, axis V) (American Psychiatric Association 1994)
- Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) (Beck et al. 1961)
- Symptom Check List (SCL-90) (Derogatis et al. 1973)
- Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) (Hamilton 1960)
- Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) (Hamilton 1959)
- Suicidal ideation (HDRS) (Hamilton 1960)
- Target Complaints (TC) scale (Battle et al. 1966)
- Need for post-therapeutic treatment
- Use of post-therapeutic treatment (prescription medication, psychotherapy, hospitalization)
- Perceived need for post-therapeutic treatment
- Work ability
- Work Ability Index (Ilmarinen et al. 1997; Tuomi et al. 1997,1998)
- Work subscale of the Social Adjustment Scale (SAS-SR) (Weissman and Bothwell 1976)
- Perceived psychological functioning (Lehtinen et al. 1991)
- Sick leave from work
- Social functioning
- Perceived competence (Härkäpää 1995; Smith et al. 1991; Wallston 1990)
- Life Orientation Test (LOT) (Scheier and Carver 1985)
- Social Adjustment Scale (SAS-SR) (Weissman and Bothwell 1976)
- Sense of Coherence Scale (SOC) (Antonovsky 1993)
- Life Situation Survey (LSS) (Chubon 1987)
- Personality functions
- Inventory of Interpersonal Problems (IIP) (Horowitz et al. 1988, 2000)
- Level of Personality Organization (LPO) (Kernberg 1984, 1996)
- Structural Aspects of Social Behavior (SASB) introject (Benjamin 1996)
- Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) (Andrews et al. 1989)
- Rorschach Inkblot Method (Exner 1993, Urist 1977)
- Quality of Object Relations Scale (QORS) (Azim et al. 1991)
- Lifestyle and somatic health
- Smoking, alcohol consumption, body mass index and leisure time exercise
- Somatic health (perceived general health, disease symptoms, medication, and hospitalization)
- Cost-effectiveness
- Direct and indirect costs due to mental health problems
- Direct and indirect costs due to somatic diseases