RESEARCH PROJECTS

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BASIS-24® Validation in English and Spanish

The BASIS-24® survey was developed, field tested, and validated and a scoring algorithm was developed with R01 MH58240 funding from NIMH. Participating sites included 13 inpatient and 14 outpatient programs. An additional study was conducted from 2003-2007 with R01 MH58240 funding from NIHM to create a Spanish version of the BASIS-24® which was also field tested and validated.

Validation of Perceptions of Care (PoC) for Inpatient/Residential Partial Programs

To validate the inpatient version of the PoC, almost 7,000 PoC surveys were completed from 1998 through 2000 by patients in inpatient behavioral health and substance abuse programs. The results of this study were four domains (Continuity and Coordination of Care, Communication/Information Received from Provider, Interpersonal Aspects of Care, and Global Evaluation of Care) and the development of a 100-point score for each domain. McLean eBASIS remains committed to continually evaluate this tool, including updating the form in 2011 and adding three questions (not used to calculate domain scores) in 2012.

Gender Invariance of the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-24®) Factor Structure

The psychometric properties of the BASIS-24® have never been analyzed for its validity and reliability across gender. The purpose of this study is therefore to assess the acceptability of the six-factor model and find evidence of functional and scalar equivalence to establish equivalence across-gender.

Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-24®) Community Norms and Clinical Benchmarks for Patient Care

While the BASIS-24® is widely used, no community normative data or clinical benchmark has been published at this point. This project provided clinical "cut" scores which can be used to help determine if a patient is experiencing symptoms in the clinical or normal range. Benchmarks are useful to clinicians to determine how severe their patient’s symptoms are in comparison to the overall population, as well as help clinicians set treatment goals.

Validation of the Behavior and Symptom Identification Scale (BASIS-24®) in the Adolescent Population

The purpose of this project was to describe the development, psychometric properties, and validity of the (BASIS-T) and it’s use as a comprehensive screening and assessment tool for the adolescent population. Following a literature review and two-year data collection using a large data sample from over a dozen mental health facilities, BASIS-T was created, and its validity and reliability were assessed. The final 25-item BASIS-T is comprised of five subscales: Attention and Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Depression and Self-Harm, Substance Use, and Emotional and Behavioral Regulation, plus an overall score. BASIS-T is purposely designed to cut across diagnoses and acknowledge the wide range of symptoms and problems that occur for the adolescent population.