Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Mental Health Self-management Questionnaire among people with mental illness living in the community.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-management is an important factor in maintaining and promoting mental health and recovery from mental health challenges. Thus, it is important to assess and support mental health self-management. In this study, we aimed to develop the Japanese version of the Mental Health Self-management Questionnaire (MHSQ-J), a scale to assess mental health self-management strategy, and clarify its psychometric properties among people with mental illness living in Japan.

Methods

An anonymous self-administered survey including MHSQ-J was conducted for psychiatric outpatient users (N = 295), and 104 of the participants completed MHSQ-J again about two weeks later. Internal consistency was assessed with Cronbach's α, and test-retest reliability was confirmed by the intraclass

SUBMITTER: Morita Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532246 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature