Validation of the French version of the Global Functioning: Social and Global Functioning: Role Scales in adolescents and young adults seeking help in early intervention clinics

Aim Social and role functioning impairments characterize patients along the schizophrenia spectrum, but the existing evaluations tools do not specifically address younger population issues. The Global Functioning Social (GF:S) and Global Functioning Role (GF:R) scales have been specifically designed...

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Published in:Early intervention in psychiatry 2024-01, Vol.18 (1), p.3-9
Main Authors: Lucarini, Valeria, Kazes, Mathilde, Krebs, Emma, Morin, Valentine, Godignon, Maud, De Gasquet, Marie, Ton, Trang, Féron, Marion, Tanguy, Guillaume, Lévi, Agnès, Bellot, Cécile, Willard, Dominique, Auther, Andrea M., Cornblatt, Barbara, Bralet, Marie‐Cécile, Krebs, Marie‐Odile
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescents
Adult
at risk mental state
Criteria
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
functional predictors
Furniture
Human health and pathology
Humans
Life Sciences
outcome
prodromal schizophrenia
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychotic Disorders - diagnosis
Psychotic Disorders - psychology
Reliability
Reproducibility of Results
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - diagnosis
Teenagers
Validity
Young Adult
Young adults
youth mental health
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Summary:Aim Social and role functioning impairments characterize patients along the schizophrenia spectrum, but the existing evaluations tools do not specifically address younger population issues. The Global Functioning Social (GF:S) and Global Functioning Role (GF:R) scales have been specifically designed for that purpose. The aim of this study is to establish the reliability and concurrent validity of the French version of GF:S and GF:R scales. Methods The two scales GF: Social (GF:S) and Role (GF:R) have first been translated into French and independently back translated and validated by the original authors. Between March 2021 and March 2022, we enrolled 51 participants (20.3 ± 3.7 years old; female = 22/51) amongst help‐seekers referring to two different early mental health services in the Île‐de‐France. In an ecological design, participants met different diagnoses, 7 (13.7%) met the criteria for Ultra‐High Risk of psychosis (UHR) using CAARMS criteria. Results Inter‐rater reliability was excellent for scores related to the past month and to the higher levels of functioning over the past year. Both scales showed good to excellent concurrent validity as measured by correlation with the Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS) and the Personal and Social Performance Scale (PSP). Conclusion Overall, this study confirms the reliability and validity of the French version of the GF:S and GF:R scales. The use of these scales may improve the evaluation of social and occupational functioning in French‐speaking young help‐seekers, in a transdiagnostic approach, both in clinical and research settings.
ISSN:1751-7885
1751-7893
DOI:10.1111/eip.13427