"Felt Distress" assessment tool

lucianne · Nov 4, 2004

I'm sorry, I've never heard of it and couldn't find it in a search of our health sciences database. What exactly is it supposed to measure? Is there some other name for it?

kathys76 · Nov 4, 2004

I'm sorry, I've never heard of it and couldn't find it in a search of our health sciences database. What exactly is it supposed to measure? Is there some other name for it?

Thanks for trying to help. This is a one-page assessment of "feelings" reported by the patient. They circle numbers from zero to four under a Likert scale that ranges from Not Bothered to Extremely Bothered. The most that I have been able to find out is that it was developed in Missouri and used as part of something called "Symptom Checklist-90" which was developed as "screening criteria for psychological assessment". That is the only thing that I have been able to find in the literature. I need to know how to score it are any of the questions predictive....all the good stuff. Any help is greatly appreciated.

StuPer · Nov 9, 2004

hi Kathy,

Here is a link to pearsons website and the SCL-90-R checklist, it appears to be one of many tools that claim to accurately measure these subjective symptoms.

http://www.pearsonassessments.com/tests/scl90r.htm

It gives a run down of the test and the components invoved, hope its useful.

regards StuPer

kathys76 · Nov 10, 2004

hi Kathy,
Here is a link to pearsons website and the SCL-90-R checklist, it appears to be one of many tools that claim to accurately measure these subjective symptoms.
http://www.pearsonassessments.com/tests/scl90r.htm
It gives a run down of the test and the components invoved, hope its useful.
regards StuPer

hi StuPer and thanks so much for some direction. Of course I got so excited that I went right to that web site and searched everything they had. It seems the only thing that they don't have is the "Felt Distress" assessment tool. I did e-mail the company for any direction that they could give me...I guess I'll just keep everything crossed. I'm not a psych nurse and I'm beginning to think this assignment was an attempt to peak my interest. Well it worked, 'cause now I'm like a dog with a bone. I can't believe that I work at the only hospital in the world that uses this instrument. Anyway, my quest continues.....

kathys76:uhoh3:

Carlos Casteneda · May 5, 2005

hi StuPer and thanks so much for some direction. Of course I got so excited that I went right to that web site and searched everything they had. It seems the only thing that they don't have is the "Felt Distress" assessment tool. I did e-mail the company for any direction that they could give me...I guess I'll just keep everything crossed. I'm not a psych nurse and I'm beginning to think this assignment was an attempt to peak my interest. Well it worked, 'cause now I'm like a dog with a bone. I can't believe that I work at the only hospital in the world that uses this instrument. Anyway, my quest continues.....
kathys76:uhoh3:

I am looking for a distress assessment tool for people with a learning disability i beleive the term in the U.S. is developmental delay we are implementing integrated care pathways for the terminal stage of chronic neurological disease as experienced by people with L.D.(?D.D) can anybody help