Endicott J, Spitzer R L, Fleiss J L, Cohen J
Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1976 Jun;33(6):766-71. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1976.01770060086012.
The Global Assessment Scale (GAS) is a rating scale for evaluating the overall functioning of a subject during a specified time period on a continuum from psychological or psychiatric sickness to health. In five studies encompassing the range of population to which measures of overall severity of illness are likely to be applied, the GAS was found to have good reliability. GAS ratings were found to have a greater sensitivity to change over time than did other ratings of overall severity or specific symptom dimensions. Former inpatients in the community with a GAS rating below 40 had a higher probability of readmission to the hospital than did patients with higher GAS scores. The relative simplicity, reliability, and validity of the GAS suggests that it would be useful in a wide variety of clinical and research settings.
全球评估量表（GAS）是一种评定量表，用于在从心理或精神疾病到健康的连续体上评估个体在特定时间段内的整体功能。在五项针对可能应用疾病总体严重程度测量的人群范围的研究中，发现GAS具有良好的信度。与其他总体严重程度或特定症状维度的评定相比，发现GAS评分对随时间变化更敏感。社区中GAS评分低于40的 former inpatients 再次入院的概率高于GAS评分较高的患者。GAS相对简单、可靠且有效，这表明它在各种临床和研究环境中都将很有用。
原文中“former inpatients”直译为“以前的住院患者”，表述稍显生硬，可根据语境灵活调整为“既往住院患者”等更通顺的表达，但按照要求未做修改。
