Validation aspects of the health of the nation outcome scales

Table 6 Mean of HoNOS Items, by diagnosis at T1 (n = 2079)

	Diagnostic Groups
Item HoNOS and subscale	Mental retar- dation n = 54	Schizo-phrenia, schizotypal/delusional n = 1192	Adult personality/behaviour n = 240	Depression n = 347	Physio-logical/Physical behavioural n = 19	Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform n = 227
Item1 Aggression/overactivity	0.93	0.50	0.74	0.48	0.53	0.43
Item 2 Self-harm	0.02	0.07	0.15	0.12	0.00	0.09
Item 3 Substance abuse	0.11	0.14	0.18	0.10	0.00	0.04
Item 4 Cognitive Impairment	1.93	0.79	0.37	0.36	0.32	0.19
Item 5 Physical Impairment	0.43	0.36	0.30	0.43	0.42	0.30
Item 6 Hallucinations/delusions	0.69	1.47	0.48	0.31	0.16	0.13
Item 7 Depressed Mood	0.35	0.69	1.20	1.99	1.42	1.28
Item 8 Other mental/behaviour problems	1.00	1.18	1.60	1.43	2.11	1.82
Item 9 Relationships	1.98	1.97	1.84	1.26	0.95	1.11
Item 10 Daily living	2.07	1.60	1.03	0.86	0.42	0.49
Item 11 Living conditions	1.35	1.04	0.85	0.62	0.21	0.44
Item 12 Occupation/activities	1.17	0.99	0.64	0.52	0.26	0.33
H1-3 Behaviour total	1.06	0.71	1.07	0.70	0.53	0.56
H4-5 Impairment total	2.35	1.15	0.66	0.80	0.74	0.48
H6-8 Symptom total	2.04	3.33	3.28	3.73	3.68	3.23
H9-12 Social total	6.57	5.61	4.37	3.26	1.84	2.37
H1-12 HoNOS	12.02	10.82	9.40	8.490	6.79	6.65

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