CDU-data-science-team / honos

An R package for visualising and analysing the HoNOS (Health of the Nation Outcome Scales)

honos

The goal of the honos R package is to assist with the analysis and visualisation of Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS) (Wing et al. 1998).

Installation

You can install the development version from GitHub with:

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("CDU-data-science-team/honos", build_vignettes = TRUE)

Functions

See vignettes using browseVignettes(package = "honos") for further information. The vignettes are also available at https://cdu-data-science-team.github.io/honos (see “Articles”).

Add descriptions to HoNOS data

• as_item_desc(): Add labels for HoNOS items
• as_severity_desc(): Add labels for HoNOS severity ratings
• as_cluster_desc(): Add labels for HoNOS clusters

Calculations

• lag_honos(): Calculate lagged scores based on a date variable and calculate change labels (e.g., “high to low,” or ‘deterioration’)
• calc_change_label(): Calculates change labels for repeated measures of the HoNOS
• calc_subscales(): Calculates sums of HoNOS subscales

Resources

• https://improvement.nhs.uk/documents/485/Annex_DtE_Mental_health_clustering_tool.pdf
• https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/in-house-training/health-of-nation-outcome-scales
• https://www.nhs.uk/Scorecard/Pages/IndicatorFacts.aspx?MetricId=9308
• https://www.healthylondon.org/resource/mental-health-in-integrated-care-systems/outcome-measures/honos/
• https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/4/e010732
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5914766/
• https://www.healthylondon.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Clinical-engagement-with-HoNOS-REPORT-NOV-2018-FINAL.pdf

References

Wing, J K, A S Beevor, R H Curtis, S B G Park, S Madden, and A Burns. 1998. “Health of the Nation Outcome Scales (HoNOS).” British Journal of Psychiatry 172 (1): 11–18. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.172.1.11.