The COMPASS scale for the assessment of individuals with first episode psychotic disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychosis symptom assessment instruments are rarely used in US mental health community clinical practice despite the advantages of measurement-based care. Barriers include the length of typical scales and that data for scale evaluation often come from researcher and not clinician raters.

Study design

The 12-item COMPASS symptom assessment was designed for the RAISE-ETP study of early phase psychosis. Ratings were done by community facility clinicians. COMPASS psychometric properties were examined with a Mokken scale analysis. Subsequently, Mokken analyses were done on 10-item COMPASS data from the ESPRITO learning health system.

Study results

3600 RAISE-ETP COMPASS assessments were examined. The COMPASS 12-item version fulfilled Mokken scale criteria for un

SUBMITTER: Robinson DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11620925 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature