Person—self-assessed mental health status, K10 score code N
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | K10 score code |
Synonymous names: | K-10, K10, Kessler-10, Kessler 10, K10(L3D), Kessler 10 Assessment, K10 scale of nonspecific psychological distress, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress |
METEOR identifier: | 747085 |
Registration status: | Health, Standard 09/12/2022 |
Definition: | A person's assessment of their own mental health status using the K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K10) consumer-rated measure, represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person—self-assessed mental health status |
Value Domain: | K10 score code N |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Reference documents: | Kessler RC, Colpe LJ, Epstein JF, Groerer JC, Hiripi E, Howes MJ, Normnad SL, Manderscheid RW, Walters EE, Zasalvsky AM (2003) Screening for serious mental illness in the general population. Archives of General Psychiatry 2003: 60(2), 184-189. Andrews G and Slade T (2001) Interpreting scores on the K10. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 25, 494-497. Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classification Network (2021). Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection: Overview of Clinician-Rated and Consumer Self-Report Measures V.2.1. https://www.amhocn.org/sites/default/files/publication_files/nocc_clinician_and_self-report_measures_overview_v2.1_20210913_1.pdf |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | This code set represents answers to questions 1-10 in the K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K10) consumer-rated measure:
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Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Related metadata references: | See also Person—effect of physical health problems on feelings rating, symptom frequency scale code N Health, Standard 09/12/2022 See also Person—number of visits to doctor or health professional, total NN Health, Standard 09/12/2022 See also Person—period of time unable to function, total days NN Health, Standard 09/12/2022 See also Person—period partially unable to function, total days NN Health, Standard 09/12/2022 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress last 4 weeks cluster Health, Standard 09/12/2022 DSS specific information: This data element collects data on a person's non-specific psycho-social distress based on ten questions about the level of nervousness, agitation, psychological fatigue, and depression in the relevant rating period. This data element represents questions 1-10 in the K10+ and should be used 10 times - once each per question. National Outcomes and Casemix Collection NBEDS 2023-24 Health, Superseded 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2023 Implementation end date: 30/06/2024 Conditional obligation: In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element, representing the K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K10), should be collected where: Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory Occasion: admission, review, and discharge* Age group: adults or older persons * Discharge ratings for the K10 are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service). Discharge ratings for the K10 are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration. Consumers will be offered to complete the K10 at the specified Collection occasion but completion by the consumer is not mandatory. There are circumstances where offering such measures will not be appropriate and special considerations apply to the collection of consumer rated measures. For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022). DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element is used to represent questions 1-10 of the K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K10) where consumers answer questions about psycho-social distress over the rating period with a single allowable response for each question. This data element is re-used 10 times to represent all questions in the measure. For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, this data element can be used singly for the rating period called "last 3 days" (K10L3D). That rating period is for use in inpatient settings where the service event is of less than 3 days duration. This data element can also be used as part of a K10 cluster which has a rating period of "previous 4 weeks". That K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress last 4 weeks cluster (K10+ or K10+LM). National Outcomes and Casemix Collection NBEDS 2024-25 Health, Standard 06/12/2023 Implementation start date: 01/07/2024 Implementation end date: 30/06/2025 Conditional obligation: In the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC) NBEDS, this data element, representing the K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K10), should be collected where: Setting: inpatient, residential or ambulatory Occasion: admission, review, and discharge* Age group: adults or older persons * Discharge ratings for the K10 are not required by the ambulatory service or the consumer respectively, when the reason for the closure of the ambulatory episode is transfer to a bed-based treatment service setting of that organisation (i.e., psychiatric inpatient or community residential service). Discharge ratings for the K10 are not required for brief ambulatory episode of mental health care where the number of days between admission to and discharge from the episode of care is 14 days or less duration. Consumers will be offered to complete the K10 at the specified Collection occasion but completion by the consumer is not mandatory. There are circumstances where offering such measures will not be appropriate and special considerations apply to the collection of consumer rated measures. For more information on setting, occasion, or age groups, see the Mental Health National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, Technical specification of State and Territory reporting requirements https://docs.validator.com.au/nocc/02.10/ (Australian Mental Health Outcomes and Classifications Network, 2022). DSS specific information: For the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection (NOCC), this data element is used to represent questions 1-10 of the K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress (K10) where consumers answer questions about psycho-social distress over the rating period with a single allowable response for each question. This data element is re-used 10 times to represent all questions in the measure. For use in the National Outcomes and Casemix Collection, this data element can be used singly for the rating period called "last 3 days" (K10L3D). That rating period is for use in inpatient settings where the service event is of less than 3 days duration. This data element can also be used as part of a K10 cluster which has a rating period of "previous 4 weeks". That K10 Screening Scale for Psychological Distress last 4 weeks cluster (K10+ or K10+LM). |