title: Self-reported consumer satisfaction in mental health services: validation of a self-rating version of the UKU-Consumer Satisfaction Rating Scale.
abstract: The UKU-Consumer Satisfaction Rating Scale (UKU-ConSat) for the evaluation of consumer satisfaction in mental health services was constructed for assessments by independent professional interviewers. In the present study, a patient self-reported version of the scale is validated against the original version. The Spearman's rank correlation between single items, subscores and the total of the original scale and the self-assessment version was found to be good. Another main finding was an acceptable unidimensionality of the self-rating version of the UKU-Consumer Satisfaction rating scale, evaluated by a Mokken analysis. Furthermore, the internal consistency by Cronbach's alpha was found to be satisfactory. The results show that the patient self-rating version is psychometrically sound and therefore suitable for use in ordinary clinical practice. Being a part of a concept for continuous quality control and development in mental health services, the self-rating version of the UKU-ConSat promotes an open collaborative dialogue between professionals and users. A further advantage is that it saves professional time.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Services in West Gotaland, Psykiatriska Kliniken, SAS-Borås Lasarett, Borås, Sweden. bo.ivarsson@vgregion.se
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ivarsson
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Malm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden