Sex, socioeconomic status, intelligence, a clinical symptom score, and an index of abnormal psychosocial situations as proposed by a recent WHO draft were studied as correlates of the Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAFS), which comprises Axis V of theDSM-III-R. Whereas all parameters correlated significantly with the GAFS score, only total symptom domain score displayed a meaningful association. It was concluded that the GAFS contributes significantly to clinical information as an independent source.
Keywords: Clinical Information; Domain Score; Global Assessment; Socioeconomic Status; Symptom Score.