Reliability of a composite measure of social inclusion for people with psychiatric disabilities
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Published on: April 23, 2014
Chris Lloyd1, Geoff Waghorn, Maria Best
1Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia. lloyd@onthenet.com.au
Aim:
To assess the reliability of the components of a proposed composite measure of social inclusion for people with psychiatric disabilities.
Method:
The interview covered sociodemographics, domain-specific socially valued role functioning, social support, stigma experiences, integration within the immediate psychosocial rehabilitation community, and integration within the wider neighbourhood community. Participants (n(1) = 28; n(2) = 26) were recruited from a psychosocial rehabilitation setting. The candidate measures were assessed for short-cycle test-retest reliability and internal consistency.
Results:
Several items were identified for removal from the stigma experiences and community integration subscales because of low test-retest reliability or for having not sufficiently contributed to internal consistency.
Conclusions:
The promising test-retest and internal consistency results warrant continuing the psychometric development of the composite measures of social inclusion and its applicability to community residents with psychiatric disabilities.
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