title: Development and evaluation of the INSPIRE measure of staff support for personal recovery.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  No individualised standardised measure of staff support for mental health recovery exists.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To develop and evaluate a measure of staff support for recovery.
  
  
  METHODS
  
  
  
  METHODS
  initial draft of measure based on systematic review of recovery processes; consultation (n = 61); and piloting (n = 20). Psychometric evaluation: three rounds of data collection from mental health service users (n = 92).
  
  
  RESULTS
  INSPIRE has two sub-scales. The 20-item Support sub-scale has convergent validity (0.60) and adequate sensitivity to change. Exploratory factor analysis (variance 71.4-85.1 %, Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin 0.65-0.78) and internal consistency (range 0.82-0.85) indicate each recovery domain is adequately assessed. The 7-item Relationship sub-scale has convergent validity 0.69, test-retest reliability 0.75, internal consistency 0.89, a one-factor solution (variance 70.5 %, KMO 0.84) and adequate sensitivity to change. A 5-item Brief INSPIRE was also evaluated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  INSPIRE and Brief INSPIRE demonstrate adequate psychometric properties, and can be recommended for research and clinical use.
authors.affiliation: Health Service and Population Research Department (Box P029), Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, UK, julie.williams@kcl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leamy
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: Clair
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Le Boutillier
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Norton
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pesola
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Slade
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult