Table 1.

Scales Selected to Be Reviewed by the RAND Panel of Experts

Scale	Abbreviation	VALERO Classification	Original Citation	Total Citationsa	Total Useable Articles	Number of Expert Nominations
Heinrichs-Carpenter Quality-of-Life Scale	QLS	Hybrid	Heinrichs et al20	512	30	8
Specific Levels of Functioning Scale	SLOF	Hybrid	Schneider and Strening21	34	7	3
Multidimensional Scale of Independent Functioning	MSIF	Hybrid	Jaeger et al22	13	4	2
Birchwood Social Functioning Scale	SFS	Social functioning	Birchwood et al23	134	17	9
Social Adjustment Scale II	SAS-II	Social functioning	Schooler et al24	32	7	3
Social Behavior Schedule	SBS	Social functioning	Wykes and Stuart25	179	17	3
Multnomah Community Ability Survey	MCAS	Everyday living	Barker et al26,27 and Dickerson et al28	75	7	11
Life Skills Profile	LSP	Everyday living	Rosen et al29	136	7	5
Independent Living Skills Survey	ILSS	Everyday living	Wallace et al30	25	7	4
Independent Living Skills Inventory	ILSI	Everyday living	Menditto et al31	13	3	3
Role Functioning Scale	RFS	Everyday living	Goodman et al32	45	13	4

Note: VALERO, Validation of Everyday Real-World Outcomes.

^aAt the time of the scale literature search (Fall 2007).