A review of instruments developed to measure outcomes for carers of people with mental health problems.
OBJECTIVE: Community-based care for mental disorders places considerable burden on families and carers. Measuring their experiences has become a priority, but there is no consensus on appropriate instruments. We aimed to review instruments carers consider relevant to their needs and assess evidence...
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| author | Harvey, K Catty, J Langman, A Winfield, H Clement, S Burns, E White, S Burns, T |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: Community-based care for mental disorders places considerable burden on families and carers. Measuring their experiences has become a priority, but there is no consensus on appropriate instruments. We aimed to review instruments carers consider relevant to their needs and assess evidence for their use. METHOD: A literature search was conducted for outcome measures used with mental health carers. Identified instruments were assessed for their relevance to the outcomes identified by carers and their psychometric properties. RESULTS: Three hundred and ninety two published articles referring to 241 outcome measures were identified, 64 of which were eligible for review (used in three or more studies). Twenty-six instruments had good psychometric properties; they measured (i) carers' well-being, (ii) the experience of caregiving and (iii) carers' needs for professional support. CONCLUSION: Measures exist which have been used to assess the most salient aspects of carers outcome in mental health. All require further work to establish their psychometric properties fully. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3b761c2e-0ece-4a0b-86e9-bd2d363987112022-03-26T14:07:46ZA review of instruments developed to measure outcomes for carers of people with mental health problems.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:3b761c2e-0ece-4a0b-86e9-bd2d36398711EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2008Harvey, KCatty, JLangman, AWinfield, HClement, SBurns, EWhite, SBurns, T OBJECTIVE: Community-based care for mental disorders places considerable burden on families and carers. Measuring their experiences has become a priority, but there is no consensus on appropriate instruments. We aimed to review instruments carers consider relevant to their needs and assess evidence for their use. METHOD: A literature search was conducted for outcome measures used with mental health carers. Identified instruments were assessed for their relevance to the outcomes identified by carers and their psychometric properties. RESULTS: Three hundred and ninety two published articles referring to 241 outcome measures were identified, 64 of which were eligible for review (used in three or more studies). Twenty-six instruments had good psychometric properties; they measured (i) carers' well-being, (ii) the experience of caregiving and (iii) carers' needs for professional support. CONCLUSION: Measures exist which have been used to assess the most salient aspects of carers outcome in mental health. All require further work to establish their psychometric properties fully. |
| spellingShingle | Harvey, K Catty, J Langman, A Winfield, H Clement, S Burns, E White, S Burns, T A review of instruments developed to measure outcomes for carers of people with mental health problems. |
| title | A review of instruments developed to measure outcomes for carers of people with mental health problems. |
| title_full | A review of instruments developed to measure outcomes for carers of people with mental health problems. |
| title_fullStr | A review of instruments developed to measure outcomes for carers of people with mental health problems. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A review of instruments developed to measure outcomes for carers of people with mental health problems. |
| title_short | A review of instruments developed to measure outcomes for carers of people with mental health problems. |
| title_sort | review of instruments developed to measure outcomes for carers of people with mental health problems |
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