Measuring quality in community based housing support - the QPC-H instrument.
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to test the psychometric properties and dimensionality of the instrument Quality in Psychiatric Care-Housing (QPC-H) and briefly describe the residents' perception of quality of housing support. Design/methodology/approach - A sample of 174 residents from 22 housing support services in nine Swedish municipalities participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) revealed that the QPC-H consisted of six dimensions and had a factor structure largely corresponding to that found among other instruments in the Quality in Psychiatric Care (QPC) family of instruments. Findings - CFA revealed that the QPC-H consisted of six dimensions and had a factor structure largely corresponding to that found among other instruments in the QPC family of instruments. The internal consistency of the factors was acceptable except in the case of secure and secluded environment, probably due to few numbers of items. With this exception, the QPC-H shows adequate psychometric properties. Social implications - The residents' ratings of quality of housing service were generally high; the highest rating was for secluded environment and the lowest for participation. This dimension would thus seem to indicate an important area for improvement. Originality/value - The QPC-H includes important aspects of residents' assessment of quality of housing service and offers a simple and inexpensive way to evaluate housing support services from the residents' perspective.
University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Lars-Olov
LO
Lundqvist
School of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
Mikael
M
Rask
School of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Växjö, Sweden.
David
D
Brunt
School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Ann-Britt
AB
Ivarsson
RNT, University Health Care Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Agneta
A
Schröder
D000328:Adult; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013548:Sweden
Confirmatory factor analysis; Housing support; Psychiatric disabilities; Psychometric properties; Psychometrics; Quality assurance; Quality of care; Questionnaire