An International Pilot Study of Self-Reported Quality of Life in Outpatient and Inpatient Mental Health Settings.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Measuring quality of life (QoL) is essential to understand how clients perceive their care. In practice, many instruments are in place to identify mental health diagnoses and measure treatment outcomes, but there are fewer standardized instruments to routinely collect information about self-reported QoL, especially across different mental health settings. Moreover, existing tools have been criticized for being built from the perspective of care professionals rather than the users' perspective. The 23-item Self-Reported interRAI-QoL Survey for Mental Health and Addictions (interRAI SQoL-MHA) tackles these issues, as it is based on self-reported measures and has proven validity across settings and countries. Objective: The aim of this study is to assess and compar

SUBMITTER: de Almeida Mello J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8374624 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature