Review and update of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for People with Learning Disabilities (HoNOS-LD).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Health of the Nation Outcomes Scales for people with Learning Disabilities (HoNOS-LD) is an 18-item measure which provides a structured and standardized approach to rating various clinical and psychosocial outcomes and has been in use nationally since 2002.

Aims

To revise and improve the HoNOS-LD's utility in contemporary intellectual disability (ID) services whilst retaining its original objectives and five-point severity ratings.

Method

ID clinicians were invited to complete an online survey, rating each item on the existing measure for being fit for purpose, identifying issues and suggesting improvements based on their experience of using the HoNOS-LD in practice. Scales were then assessed and revised sequentially; survey responses were used to infor

SUBMITTER: Painter J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10657504 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature