Measuring fidelity to manualised peer support for people with severe mental health conditions: development and psychometric evaluation of the UPSIDES fidelity scale.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peer support workers provide support for people experiencing mental health conditions based on their own lived experience of mental health problems. Assessing fidelity to core ingredients of peer support is vital for successful implementation and intervention delivery. Modifications to its implementation are needed when scaling up to different socio-economic settings, raising further uncertainty about fidelity. As part of a large multi-centre study on peer support called Using Peer Support In Developing Empowering Mental Health Services (UPSIDES), we developed and evaluated the psychometric properties of the UPSIDES Fidelity Scale.

Methods

We constructed the fidelity scale based on an initial item pool developed through international expert consultation and iterat

SUBMITTER: Hiltensperger R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11468091 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature