What are the priorities of consumers and carers regarding measurement for evaluation in mental healthcare? Results from a Q-methodology study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe common views of people with lived experience of mental health challenges - consumers and carers, families and supporters - of what they consider the most important measures to include in health economic evaluations which assess the incremental value of competing options in mental health care.

Methods

Participants (n = 111) were people living in the state of Victoria, Australia, who identified as consumers of mental healthcare (n = 38); carers, family members and/or supporters (n = 43); or both (n = 30). Factor analysis based on Q-Methodology was used to identify clusters of people who hold similar viewpoints. Common viewpoints were described in terms of the characteristics of the group, and a qualitative inter

SUBMITTER: O'Loughlin R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11552116 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature