Table 1.
Instruments used in the EUNOMIA study to assess patient-related data
| Construct | Instrument (source of information) | Time points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| t1 | t2 | t3 | ||
| Perceived coercion concerning hospital admission | Perceived coercion items from MacArthur Admission Experience Survey (patient interview) | X | ||
| Perceived coercion and pressures concerning hospital admission | Cantril Ladder of Perceived Coercion, items from Nordic Study on Coercion (patient interview) | X | ||
| Perceived coercion and pressures concerning stay in hospital (only if index episode continues) | Cantril Ladder of Perceived Coercion, items from Nordic Study on Coercion (patient interview) | X | X | |
| Outcome assessment, e.g. use of psychiatric services and contact with the police and criminal justice services after discharge (only if the patient has been discharged after the index episode) | Self-defined items (patient interview, records) | X | ||
| Characteristics of treatment | Self-defined items (records) | continuously | ||
| Details of each coercive measure applied in the first 4 weeks after the index admission | Self-defined items (records) | continuously | ||
| Fixed socio-demographic and clinical characteristics | Self-defined items (records, patient interview) | X | ||
| Variable socio-demographic characteristics | Self-defined items (records, patient interview) | X | X | X |
| Patient’s compliance with treatment | Self-defined items (staff rating if patient is in hospital, otherwise patient interview) | X | X | X |
| Coercion perceived by staff (only if index episode continues) | Cantril Ladder of Perceived Coercion, rephrased (staff rating) | X | X | X |
| Patient’s aggression (only if patient is currently in hospital) | Modified Overt Aggression Scale (staff rating) | X | X | X |
| Symptom severity | Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, 24 item version (researcher’s rating) | X | X | X |
| Symptom severity and level of functioning | Global Assessment of Functioning scale (researcher’s rating) | X | X | X |
| Patient’s satisfaction with treatment (retrospective evaluation, if the patient has been discharged after the index episode) | Client’s Assessment of Treatment, 7 main items (patient interview) | X | X | X |
| Quality of life, self-rating (optional to each centre) | Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life (patient interview) | X | X | X |