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EPA-0304 – Qualitative Study of Clinicians’ Experience with Rating of the Global Assessment of Functioning (gaf) scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

I. Aas ,
O. Sonesson  and
S. Torp
I. Aas
Affiliation:
Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Research Unit, Tönsberg, Norway
O. Sonesson
Affiliation:
University of Gothenburg, Department Psychology, Göteborg, Sweden
S. Torp
Affiliation:
Vestfold University College, Department Health Promotion, Tönsberg, Norway

Abstract

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Qualitative study of clinicians’ experience with rating of the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale

Introduction:

The GAF is a worldwide known rating scale for severity of illness in psychiatry and very much used in research papers. GAF covers the spectrum from positive mental health to severe psychopathology on a 100-points scale (1–100). From systematic literature reviews (Aas 2010; 2011), we know there are problems with GAF, including reliability and validity problems. How good GAF is, is an important question. Systematic literature searches have not identified qualitative studies of clinicians experience with GAF.

Aims:

To collect information which can play a role in work to improve GAF.

Methods:

An interview guide (with 28 questions) for qualitative interviews of clinicians was developed, with focus on issues considered important for an improved GAF (Aas 2010; 2011). Purposive sampling is used and sample size decided by saturation. Respondents varies in, for example: profession (psychiatrists, psychologists), experience with diagnostic categories, years of experience from psychiatry, and organization they work for.

Results:

The qualitative interviews have resulted in a considerable amount of information.

Conclusions:

Collected information confirms that clinicians have unique experiences of importance for further work towards an improved GAF.

Type
EPW07 - Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry 1
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry , 2014 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014

References

Aas, IHMGlobal Assessment of Functioning (GAF): Properties and frontier of current knowledge. Annals of General Psychiatry 2010; 9:20CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Aas, IHMGuidelines for rating Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). Annals of General Psychiatry 2011; 10:2CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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