PATIENT EVALUATION OF THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD.

The article informs that the Ward Evaluation Scale (WES) is a 69 statement true-false inventory intended for research purposes. It is designed to obtain information and opinions about psychiatric wards from the patient. Scoring consists of summing the scale value of all statements with which the respondent agrees and adding a constant to prevent negative scores. The higher the score, the more "favorable" the overall response. Using a restricted randomized sampling procedure, 190 patients from eight wards in a state hospital were asked to complete a WES designed to measure the degree of satisfaction with ward facilities, patient management, and services.