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POQI: Adult Performance Outcome System - Archive

Table of Contents

1. Data Collection and Reporting Methodology (1999-2002)
2. Performance Outcome Survey Instruments (1999-2002)
3. Reports, Analyses, and Presentations (1999-2002)

Adult Performance Outcome System Performance Outcome Survey Instruments

Face Sheet (Completed by staff):

Measures demographic and background data. Information about the Face Sheet can be located in the Training Manual.

Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program (MHSIP) Consumer Survey Short Form (Completed by client):

Measures satisfaction and overall perception of usefulness of program services; appropriateness of services; and outcomes of care. Information about the MHSIP download the Training Manual or on the MHSIP website.

Counties were required to choose ONE of the following two quality of life instruments

California Quality of Life (CA-QOL) (Completed by client):

Measures family/social contact; spending money and adequacy of finances; victimization; arrests; general health status; satisfaction with general life situation, living situation, leisure activities, daily activities, family and social relations, finance, safety, and health. Information about the CA-QOL can be located in the Training Manual.

Lehman's Quality of Life - Short Form (QL-SF) (Completed by client):

Generally same as CA-QOL. Information about the QL-SF can be located in the Training Manual.

Non English Translations for CA-QOL & MHSIP:

Non English Translations for CA-QOL and MHSIP were developed.

BASIS-32

After consultation with representatives of the California Mental Health Director's Association (CMHDA) and the California Mental Health Planning Council (CMHPC), Dr. Stephen Mayberg, Director of the California Department of Mental Health (DMH) decided that local mental health programs would not be mandated to administer the BASIS-32 for the Adult Performance Outcome System. This decision was made for two reasons.

The first reason was related to copyright issues and the cost of the BASIS-32. Initially, the State DMH paid Medical Outcomes Trust over $10,000 for each county to have a site license to use the BASIS-32 as part of its outcome system. This gave county and city programs the right to duplicate, format, and distribute the BASIS-32. However, changes to the licensing agreement required each county site to pay an annual licensing fee for use of the BASIS-32.

The second, and perhaps most important, reason for dropping the BASIS-32 was related to the data that it generated. After a year of collecting data using the BASIS-32, it became evident that the data were not particularly useful for measuring client outcomes because clients tended to under report problems related to their symptoms and functioning on the BASIS-32. Additionally, the Statewide Quality Improvement Committee generally found the MHSIP consumer survey (another tool in the Adult Performance Outcome System) to be much more informative and useful as a source of information that can be used to improve our services.