Measuring perceived meaningfulness in day centres for persons with mental illness

Summary, in English

Rationale: As support in leading a meaningful and active life, a person with mental illness is often given the opportunity to attend a day centre. However, few studies have investigated the meaningfulness perceived by the person visiting a day centre. For such a purpose, a self-report instrument was developed. Aims: To explore whether perceived meaningfulness, as expressed in the recently developed instrument Evaluation of Perceived Meaning in Day Centers (EPM-DC), could be viewed as one dimension and also to investigate the psychometric properties of this instrument. Methods: Persons with mental illness attending five day centres in Sweden participated and completed the questionnaire. The data were analysed by Rasch analysis. Major findings: The study showed that the concept captured in the instrument could be viewed as unidimensional and the result gave preliminary evidence for sound psychometric properties. Principal conclusion: The results indicate promising signs of validity and reliability, but the suitability of self-reporting may be questioned.

• Författare: Ingeborg Nilsson; Elisabeth Argentzell; Mikael Sandlund; Christel Leufstadius; Mona Eklund
• Avdelning/ar: Hållbar vardag och hälsa i ett livsperspektiv; Psykisk hälsa, aktivitet och delaktighet
• Publiceringsår: 2011
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 312-320
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
• Volym: 18
• Issue: 4
• Fulltext: - 165 kB; Download statistics
• Länkar: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/11038128.2010.522592
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Taylor & Francis
• Ämne: Occupational Therapy
• Nyckelord: community psychiatry; instrument development; Rasch analysis
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Sustainable occupations and health in a life course perspective; Mental Health, Activity and Participation
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1651-2014