Assessing Social Networks in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review of Instruments.
<h4>Background</h4>Evidence suggests that social networks of patients with psychotic disorders influence symptoms, quality of life and treatment outcomes. It is therefore important to assess social networks for which appropriate and preferably established instruments should be used.<h...
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Evidence suggests that social networks of patients with psychotic disorders influence symptoms, quality of life and treatment outcomes. It is therefore important to assess social networks for which appropriate and preferably established instruments should be used.<h4>Aims</h4>To identify instruments assessing social networks in studies of patients with psychotic disorders and explore their properties.<h4>Method</h4>A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted to identify studies that used a measure of social networks in patients with psychotic disorders.<h4>Results</h4>Eight instruments were identified, all of which had been developed before 1991. They have been used in 65 studies (total N of patients = 8,522). They assess one or more aspects of social networks such as their size, structure, dimensionality and quality. Most instruments have various shortcomings, including questionable inter-rater and test-retest reliability.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The assessment of social networks in patients with psychotic disorders is characterized by a variety of approaches which may reflect the complexity of the construct. Further research on social networks in patients with psychotic disorders would benefit from advanced and more precise instruments using comparable definitions of and timescales for social networks across studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e5fda64e96064c478f5f9e1ea92df7002025-08-20T02:40:21ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032015-01-011012e014525010.1371/journal.pone.0145250Assessing Social Networks in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review of Instruments.Joyce SietteClaudia GuleaStefan Priebe<h4>Background</h4>Evidence suggests that social networks of patients with psychotic disorders influence symptoms, quality of life and treatment outcomes. It is therefore important to assess social networks for which appropriate and preferably established instruments should be used.<h4>Aims</h4>To identify instruments assessing social networks in studies of patients with psychotic disorders and explore their properties.<h4>Method</h4>A systematic search of electronic databases was conducted to identify studies that used a measure of social networks in patients with psychotic disorders.<h4>Results</h4>Eight instruments were identified, all of which had been developed before 1991. They have been used in 65 studies (total N of patients = 8,522). They assess one or more aspects of social networks such as their size, structure, dimensionality and quality. Most instruments have various shortcomings, including questionable inter-rater and test-retest reliability.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The assessment of social networks in patients with psychotic disorders is characterized by a variety of approaches which may reflect the complexity of the construct. Further research on social networks in patients with psychotic disorders would benefit from advanced and more precise instruments using comparable definitions of and timescales for social networks across studies.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145250 |
| spellingShingle | Joyce Siette Claudia Gulea Stefan Priebe Assessing Social Networks in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review of Instruments. PLoS ONE |
| title | Assessing Social Networks in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review of Instruments. |
| title_full | Assessing Social Networks in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review of Instruments. |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Social Networks in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review of Instruments. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Social Networks in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review of Instruments. |
| title_short | Assessing Social Networks in Patients with Psychotic Disorders: A Systematic Review of Instruments. |
| title_sort | assessing social networks in patients with psychotic disorders a systematic review of instruments |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145250 |
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