Open AccessA French, abridged version of the Hospitals and Hostels Practices Profile Schedule
Author(s) -
Corbière Marc,
Lesage Alain D.,
Reinharz Daniel,
Contandriopoulos AndréPierre
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of methods in psychiatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1557-0657
pISSN - 1049-8931
DOI - 10.1002/mpr.114
Subject(s) - autonomy , psychology , schedule , variance (accounting) , staffing , mental health , medicine , gerontology , nursing , psychiatry , computer science , accounting , political science , law , business , operating system
This study aims to validate the Hospitals and Hostels Practices Profile Schedule (HHPPS) in the French version according to the statistical requirements of factor analysis and internal consistency, and to arrive at as parsimonious a version of the questionnaire as possible. As no validation of the original English instrument exists to our knowledge, the most parsimonious factor structure suggested by hypothetical constructs was used. Analyses of variance of six categories of residential settings served to underscore their points of convergence and divergence in terms of degree of autonomy allowed to patients. The following seven scales emerged from the analyses: ‘activities: house rules’, ‘activities: morning wake‐up’, ‘health and hygiene’, ‘activities: curfew’, ‘personal effects’, ‘activities: night‐time surveillance’ and ‘meals’. These accounted for 65% of the cumulative explained variance. Of the residential settings considered, supervised apartments allowed patients the most autonomy, compared with psychiatric hospital wards, hostels, nursing homes, foster families and group homes. Aside from its primary role of measuring the degree of autonomy that residential settings allow patients, this questionnaire seems suitable for gauging the adequacy of fit between a patient's needs and available residential facilities. This should help to direct persons with severe and persistent mental disorders towards facilities better tailored to their needs. Copyright © 2001 Whurr Publishers Ltd.