The French adaptation of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents Self-Rated Form (F-HoNOSCA-SR): validation and clinical routine use

Sébastien Urben; Vanessa Baier; Gregory Mantzouranis; Jeannette Schwery; Chantal Mahi; Swen Courosse; Boris Guignet; Olivier Halfon; Laurent Holzer

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.004

The French adaptation of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scale for Children and Adolescents Self-Rated Form (F-HoNOSCA-SR): validation and clinical routine use

Psychiatry Res. 2014 Aug 15;218(1-2):229-35. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.004. Epub 2014 Apr 12.

Authors

Sébastien Urben¹, Vanessa Baier², Gregory Mantzouranis³, Jeannette Schwery⁴, Chantal Mahi⁴, Swen Courosse⁵, Boris Guignet⁴, Olivier Halfon⁶, Laurent Holzer⁷

Affiliations

¹ Research Unit, University Service of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (USCAP), Rue du Bugnon 25A, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: Sebastien.Urben@chuv.ch.
² Mobile Team for Children and Adolescents, USCAP, Lausanne, Switzerland.
³ LabDCI, Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁴ Psychiatric Inpatient Unit for Adolescents, Sierre, Switzerland.
⁵ Psychiatric Inpatient Unit for Adolescents, USCAP, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ University Service of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (USCAP), Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁷ Mobile Team for Children and Adolescents, USCAP, Lausanne, Switzerland; Psychiatric Inpatient Unit for Adolescents, USCAP, Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 24751378
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.004

Abstract

The current study aimed to explore the validity of an adaptation into French of the self-rated form of the Health of the Nation Outcome Scales for Children and Adolescents (F-HoNOSCA-SR) and to test its usefulness in a clinical routine use. One hundred and twenty nine patients, admitted into two inpatient units, were asked to participate in the study. One hundred and seven patients filled out the F-HoNOSCA-SR (for a subsample (N=17): at two occasions, one week apart) and the strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ). In addition, the clinician rated the clinician-rated form of the HoNOSCA (HoNOSCA-CR, N=82). The reliability (assessed with split-half coefficient, item response theory (IRT) models and intraclass correlations (ICC) between the two occasions) revealed that the F-HoNSOCA-SR provides reliable measures. The concurrent validity assessed by correlating the F-HoNOSCA-SR and the SDQ revealed a good convergent validity of the instrument. The relationship analyses between the F-HoNOSCA-SR and the HoNOSCA-CR revealed weak but significant correlations. The comparison between the F-HoNOSCA-SR and the HoNOSCA-CR with paired sample t-tests revealed a higher score for the self-rated version. The F-HoNSOCA-SR was reported to provide reliable measures. In addition, it allows us to measure complementary information when used together with the HoNOSCA-CR.

Keywords: Clinical use; HoNOSCA; Self-rated instrument; Validation study.

Publication types

Validation Study

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Female
Hospitalization*
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders / diagnosis
Mental Disorders / therapy*
Outcome Assessment, Health Care* / statistics & numerical data
Reproducibility of Results
Self Report
Surveys and Questionnaires
Translating