Comparing Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 in schizophrenia

Scott Gspandl; Ryan P. Peirson; Ramzi W. Nahhas; Tracey Goodman Skale; Douglas S. Lehrer

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2017.10.033

Comparing Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) and World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) 2.0 in schizophrenia

Scott Gspandl, Ryan P. Peirson, Ramzi W. Nahhas, Tracey Goodman Skale, Douglas S. Lehrer

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WHODAS-2.0 is a suggested replacement to the GAF in DSM-5. This study's purpose was to assess their comparative correlation in adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorder. 42 individuals with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were administered both tools and the PANSS. Pearson product moment correlations were computed and the different methods compared using bootstrap. There was no significant correlation between raw WHODAS-2.0 and GAF scores for all participants and a modest correlation between corrected WHODAS-2.0 and GAF scores for outpatients. The WHODAS-2.0 and GAF did not correlate when WHODAS-2.0 was self-rated, and only modestly correlated when clinician-rater corrected.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	251-253
Number of pages	3
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	259
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.10.033
State	Published - Jan 1 2018

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

Keywords

Disability
Rating scales
Symptom severity

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Public Health

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