Brief Symptom Inventory
BSI- The efficient Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) instrument provides patient-reported data to help support clinical decision-making at intake and during the course of treatment in multiple settings
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Kits
Starter & complete kits, print & digital
4 options
From AUD 298.43 -
Test forms & reports
Booklets, record forms, answer sheets, report usages & subscriptions
7 options
From AUD 12.87 -
Support materials
Manuals, stimulus books, replacement items & other materials
1 option
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All products
All tests and materials offered for BSI
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BSI Hand Scoring Starter Kit for Outpatient Psychiatric
00652 Qualification Level CIncludes:
- BSI Manual
- 50 answer sheets with test items
- 50 profile forms
- 2 worksheets
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
BSI Hand Scoring Starter Kit for Inpatient Psychiatric
00653 Qualification Level CIncludes:
- BSI Manual
- 50 answer sheets with test items
- 50 profile forms
- 2 worksheets
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
BSI Hand Scoring Starter Kit for Adolescent Nonpatient
00651 Qualification Level CIncludes:
- BSI Manual
- 50 answer sheets with test items
- 50 profile forms and 2 worksheets
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
BSI Hand Scoring Starter Kit for Adult Nonpatient
00677 Qualification Level CIncludes:
- BSI Manual
- 50 answer sheets with Test Items
- 50 profile forms and 2 worksheets
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
BSI Manual (Print)
05616 Qualification Level CEstimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
BSI Q-global Profile Report
63261 Qualification Level CA usage includes administration, scoring and reporting
Administration Options:
ROSA - Remote On-screen Administration
OSA - On-screen Administration
ME - Manual Entry
GA - Group AdministrationThe first time you purchase a Q-global report usage, subscription or digital asset, a Q-global account will automatically be created for you.
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BSI Q-global Interpretive Report
63260 Qualification Level CA usage includes administration, scoring and reporting
Administration Options:
ROSA - Remote On-screen Administration
OSA - On-screen Administration
ME - Manual Entry
GA - Group AdministrationThe first time you purchase a Q-global report usage, subscription or digital asset, a Q-global account will automatically be created for you.
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BSI Answer Sheets, test items included
05627 Qualification Level CPack of 50
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
BSI Adolescent Nonpatient Profile Forms, includes 2 worksheets
05624 Qualification Level CPack of 50
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
BSI Outpatient Psychiatric Profile Forms, includes 2 worksheets
05625 Qualification Level CPack of 50
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
BSI Adult Nonpatient Profile Forms, includes 2 worksheets
05623 Qualification Level CPack of 50
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks -
BSI Inpatient Psychiatric Profile Forms, includes 2 worksheets
05626 Qualification Level CPack of 50
Estimated to ship:More than 12 weeks
Overview
- Publication date:
- 1993
- Completion time:
- 8 to 10 minutes
- Administration:
- Individual; Q-global® administration, scoring, and/or reporting, or manual scoring
- Age range:
- 13 years and older
- Qualification level:
- B
Product Details
The efficient Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) instrument provides patient-reported data to help support clinical decision-making at intake and during the course of treatment in multiple settings.
- Assess patients at intake for psychological problems
- Objectively support care management decisions
- Measure patient progress during and after treatment to monitor change
- Provide outcomes measurement for treatment programmes and providers through aggregated patient information
Key Features
- The BSI test is brief and requires only 8-10 minutes to complete, making it well-suited for repeated administrations over time to evaluate patient progress.
- The BSI instrument provides an overview of a patient's symptoms and their intensity at a specific point in time.
- The Global Severity Index (GSI) is designed to help quantify a patient's severity-of-illness and provides a single composite score for measuring the outcome of a treatment program based on reducing symptom severity.
- The reliability, validity, and utility of the BSI instrument have been tested in more than 400 research studies
Scales
Symptom Scales
SOM - Somatization
O-C - Obsessive-Compulsive
I-S - Interpersonal Sensitivity
DEP - Depression
ANX - Anxiety
HOS - Hostility
PHOB - Phobic Anxiety
PAR - Paranoid Ideation
PSY - Psychoticism
Global Indices
GSI - Global Severity Index, Helps measure overall psychological distress level
PSDI - Positive Symptom Distress Index, Helps measure the intensity of symptoms
PST - Positive Symptom Total, Reports number of self-reported symptoms
Norm Groups
Adult Nonpatient
The adult nonpatient norms are based on 974 individuals—494 males and 480 females. Approximately 85% of the sample was white and 60% was married. The mean age was 46.
Adult Psychiatric Outpatient
The adult psychiatric outpatient norms are based on 1,002 individuals—425 males and 577 females. Approximately 67% of the sample was white and 46% was single. The mean age was 31.2.
Adult Psychiatric Inpatient
The adult psychiatric inpatient norms are based on 423 individuals—158 males and 265 females. Approximately 56% of the sample was white and 44% was single. The mean age was 33.1.
Adolescent Nonpatient
The adolescent norms are based on 2,408 individuals—1,601males and 807 females. The data were gathered in six separate schools in two states. Approximately 58% of the sample was white, and the mean age was 15.8.
Report Options
Profile Report:
Presents raw and normalized T scores for each of the nine Primary Symptom Dimensions and the three Global Indices. For adults, the plotted T scores are profiled based on your choice of the nonpatient, outpatient or inpatient norms. (The T scores for the remaining norm groups are printed below the profile.) For adolescents, the plotted T scores are based on the adolescent nonpatient norms.
Progress Report This report is designed for monitoring a client's progress over time. Provided at no additional charge, it graphically displays scale-by-scale changes in a client's scores for up to five previously reported BSI administrations. The progress report is based on nonpatient norms.
Q-global® Administration Options
This product is available on Q-global with the following administration options:
On-Screen Administration (OSA)
Your clients can complete these assessment online through Q-global. Alternatively, your client can complete the assessment in paper-pencil format, and their responses can then be data-entered into Q-global for scoring and report generation. On Screen Administrations are proctored (supervised) unless specifically indicated.
Remote On-Screen Administration (ROSA)
These assessments can be emailed to clients, teachers, or parents, so that the assessment can be completed at their own location. These assessments are not proctored (supervised).
If you would like more information, please visit the Q-global product page.