Worth a thousand words? Visual concept mapping of the quality of life of people with severe mental health problems.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Conventional approaches to quality of life (QoL) measurement rely heavily on verbal, language-based communication. They require respondents to have significant cognitive and verbal ability, making them potentially unsuitable for people with severe mental health problems. To facilitate an alternative approach to QoL assessment, the current study aims to develop an alternative, visual representation of QoL for people with severe mental health problems.

Methods

An alternative, visual adaptation of the concept mapping method was used to construct this visual representation of QoL. Eighty-two participants (i.e., patients, care professionals, and family members) contributed to this study. Results were processed statistically to construct the concept map.

Results

SUBMITTER: Buitenweg DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6175345 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature