Recovery-oriented acute inpatient mental health care: Operationalization and measurement.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The current article describes efforts to develop and test a measure of recovery-oriented inpatient care.

Method

The Recovery-oriented Acute INpatient (RAIN) scale was based on prior literature and current Veterans Health Administration (VHA) policy and resources and further revised based on data collection from 34 VHA acute inpatient units.

Results

A final scale of 23, behaviorally anchored items demonstrated a four-factor structure including the following factors: inpatient treatment planning, outpatient treatment planning, group programming, and milieu. While several items require additional revision to address psychometric concerns, the scale demonstrated adequate model fit and was consistent with prior literature on recovery-oriented inpatient care. Conc

SUBMITTER: McGuire AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8664980 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature