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The Content of Ward Rating Scales for Long-Stay Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. N. Hall
J. N. Hall*
Affiliation:
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Leeds; now Principal Clinical Psychologist, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff CF4 7XB
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Summary

Although ward behaviour rating scales for use with long-stay psychiatric patients by nurses have been in existence for many years, their content tends to reflect the opinions of psychiatrists and psychologists rather than those of nurses. An analysis of five commonly used rating scales illustrates the lack of agreement on what should be included. The opinions of 76 nurses from four separate hospitals were sought, using a 34-item questionnaire, to establish what areas of content were considered important in nursing practice. Apart from agreement on general content, consideration should also be given to the presentation of individual items of ward rating scales.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 130 , Issue 3 , March 1977 , pp. 287 - 293
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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