Assertive community treatment for elderly people with severe mental illness

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 Overview of outcome measurements

Variable	Instrument	Assessed by	Baseline	9 month	18 month
Socio-demographics	Patient records	Interviewer	X	X	X
Psychiatric history	Patient records	Psychiatrist or doctor	X
Psychiatric	DSM IV Patient	Psychiatrist or	X	X	X
diagnosis	records	doctor
Drop-out	Registration system	Researcher	X	X	X
Crisis contacts	Registration system	Researcher	X	X	X
Admission days	Registration system	Researcher	X	X	X
Psychosocial functioning	HoNOS 65+	Interviewer	X	X	X
Care need	CANE short version	Interviewer	X	X	X
Quality of life	QoL	Interviewer	X	X	X
Satisfaction with care	One question on 7- point Likert scale	Interviewer	X	X	X
Collaboration between patient and care-provider	Working Relationship Questionnaire for Case Management	Care provider	X	X	X
ACT model fidelity	DACTS	Trained ACT evaluators	X		X

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