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[Supported Housing - Development and Validation of the "Supported Housing Fidelity Scale" for People With Mental
Dirk Richter1,2,3, Christine Adamus1,2, Sonja Mötteli4
1Zentrum Psychiatrische Rehabilitation, Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste Bern, Schweiz.
Objective:
For supported accommodation settings in mental health care, there is no comprehensive list of criteria for German-speaking countries available. The development and testing of a fidelity scale for independent housing is described.
Methods:
By means of a cross-country cooperation a fidelity scale was developed and was utilized in interviews with heads of 87 housing services and institutions in Germany and Switzerland.
Results:
The fidelity scale consists of 31 items in 4 topic fields. Outreach services demonstrated a slightly higher fidelity compared to residential care. This was particularly true for the topic fields 'Housing conditions' and 'Inclusion orientation'. We found not differences in the topic fields 'Staff/team' and 'Support conditions'.
Conclusions:
With this fidelity scale there is a testable list of criteria for independent housing services in mental health care available for the first time in German-speaking countries.
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