Table 1.

Dartmouth Assertive Community Treatment Scale (DACTS) total scale and subscale reliability and validity

Reliability comparisons for phone-based assessment	Experienced Rater		Second Phone Rater		Mean Absolute Difference	Range of Absolute Differences	Intraclass Correlation Coefficient
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Total DACTS
Experienced vs. Second   Rater (n=23)	4.30	.17	4.32	.18	.07	.00 – 0.25	.92
Experienced vs.   Consultant (n=11)	4.38	.12	4.41	.14	.07	.00 – 0.25	.92
Experienced vs. Naïve   (n=12)	4.23	.18	4.23	.17	.06	.00 – 0.14	.91
Organizational Boundaries Subscale1	4.73	.15	4.71	.17	.08	.00 – 0.29	.78
Human Resources Subscale1	4.34	.23	4.38)	.26	.11	.00 – 0.27	.93
Nature of Services Subscale1	3.96	.31	3.98	.30	.18	.00 – 0.50	.91
Validity Comparisons	Consensus Phone		Onsite		Mean Absolute Difference	Range of Absolute Differences	Intraclass Correlation Coefficient
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
Total DACTS
Consensus ratings   (n=23)	4.29	.18	4.30	.14	.07	.00 – 0.32	.87
Consultant rater (n=11)	4.41	.14	4.36	.11	.06	.00 – 0.32	.92
Experienced rater   (n=23)	4.30	.17	4.30	.14	.07	.00 – 0.25	.86
Naïve rater (n=12)	4.23	.17	4.25	.14	.08	.00 – 0.29	.79
Organizational Boundaries Subscale2	4.71	.17	4.72	.17	.09	.00 – 0.29	.69
Human Resources Subscale2	4.35	.24	4.34	.26	.11	.00 – 0.27	.88
Nature of Services Subscale2	3.93	.29	3.96	.23	.14	.00 – 0.50	.87

Note: DACTS scores range from 1 to 5, 5=full implementation.

Note 1: experienced vs. second rater;

Note 2: consensus ratings