Research Article

The Brief Symptom Inventory and the Outcome Questionnaire-45 in the Assessment of the Outcome Quality of Mental Health Interventions

Table 3

Statistics of the OQ-45 and the BSI/SCL-90R based on samples from Germany.

Functional population
M (SD)
⁢Dysfunctional populationCut-offCritical difference
Outpatients
M (SD)
Inpatients
M (SD)

OQ Total Score46.2 (18.5) [20]71.8 (21.9) [21]79.0 (27.9) [18]58.8 [18]17.8 [18]
GSI0.31 (0.23) [22]1.08 (0.63) [23]1.47 (0.68) [24]0.60 [24]0.2 [25]

Note: Pooled M and SD from the intervention and control group at admission. Based on SCL-90R data.