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The British Journal of Psychiatry 174: 424-427 (1999)
© 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for elderly people (HoNOS 65+)

A Burns, A Beevor, P Lelliott, J Wing, A Blakey, M Orrell, J Mulinga and S Hadden
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manchester, Withington Hospital. A.Burns@fsl.wph.man.ac.uk

BACKGROUND: Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) have been developed to measure of outcomes in people with mental health problems. AIMS: The particular physical and cognitive problems affecting older people requires a specific scale for their measurement. We describe the development of such a scale, named HoNOS 65+. METHOD: Pilot, validity and reliability studies were carried out on an amended scale. Validity was assessed by comparison with existing scales reflecting depression, cognitive function, psychiatric symptomatology, activities of daily living and functional abilities. Reliability was measured in two centres. RESULTS: HoNOS 65+ was successfully amended to include specific aspects of mental health problems in older people including the phenomenology of depression, delusions occurring in the presence of 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. Reliability was satisfactory. CONCLUSIONS: Aversion of HoNOS 65+ is presented (see pp. 435-438, this issue) which is appropriate for use in elderly people with mental health problems.


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