Cross-cultural validation of the St. Louis Inventory of Community Living Skills for Chinese patients with schizophrenia in Hong Kong.
OBJECTIVE
The study validated a culturally sensitive community living skills rating scale for Chinese patients by adapting the St. Louis Inventory of Community Living Skills (SLICLS).


METHODS
The Chinese version (SLICLS-C) was produced by forward and backward translation. An expert panel evaluated its content validity. Its internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, construct and concurrent validity were tested on 80 DSM-IV schizophrenia inpatients in a long-term facility. For predictive validity, the above sample was extended to ensure at least 20 subjects discharged to each of three levels of community care were included in the study sample.


CONCLUSIONS
The SLICLS-C was psychometrically sound and could be used for predicting level of community care, program evaluation and measuring outcome.
Au
Raymond Wing Cheong
RW
The Department of Occupational Therapy, Shatin Hospital, Ma On Shan, Hong Kong. raymondau@hotmail.com
Tam
Peter Wai Chung
PW
Tam
Gladys Wai Chi
GW
Ungvari
Gabor Sander
GS
D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D016352:Group Homes; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012112:Residential Facilities; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014481:United States