On how to measure empowerment in the psychiatric treatment process of people with severe mental disorder – dimensionality and item selection
H Matschinger, C Hertle, S Hörand, M Welschehold, G Schleuning, T Becker, R Kilian · Psychiatrische Praxis · 2011 · Heft 04
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Zusammenfassung
Background/Objectives: There are no suitable standardised measures to assess the multidimensional construct „empowerment“ in psychiatric treatment. Methods: In a first step, a set of 88 5-point questions where presented to 445 patients with affective disorder (ICD-10 F30-F39) or schizophrenia (ICD-10 F20-F29). This study is aimed to empirically investigate and determine the dimensionality and the psychometric properties of the instrument and to select items which will then be employed in a second field study. It is based on the results provided by Kilian and colleagues (see P27-RE in this issue). The item pool o…