Development of a mental health recovery module for the WHOQOL

Rowthorn, Melissa J.; Billington, D. Rex; Krägeloh, Christian U.; Landon, Jason; Medvedev, Oleg N.

Development of a mental health recovery module for the WHOQOL

dc.contributor.author	Rowthorn, Melissa J.	en_NZ
dc.contributor.author	Billington, D. Rex	en_NZ
dc.contributor.author	Krägeloh, Christian U.	en_NZ
dc.contributor.author	Landon, Jason	en_NZ
dc.contributor.author	Medvedev, Oleg N.	en_NZ
dc.date.accessioned	2019-08-12T23:55:20Z
dc.date.available	2019-08-12T23:55:20Z
dc.date.issued	2019	en_NZ
dc.description.abstract	Purpose The WHOQOL tools are widely used, multi-faceted, patient-rated, quality of life (QoL) measures, developed by the World Health Organization. The WHOQOL questionnaires are used to assess generic quality of life issues affected by all health problems. This study developed a module to use with the WHOQOL tools to improve their sensitivity to Health Related QoL issues relevant to mental health recovery. Methods Using a sequential mixed-methods approach, two research stages occurred. A qualitative stage invited 88 participants with experience of mental health recovery, into focus groups and importance rating activities, to identify candidate items for the new module. Following this, a quantitative stage involved 667 participants with, and without, mental health/addiction issues completing online or paper-based questionnaires to analyze which candidate items differentiated between those with and without mental health/addiction issues. Classical test theory and iterative Partial Credit Rasch Analysis were used to identify the most suitable candidate items for a reliable and valid mental health recovery module to be used with the WHOQOL tools. Results Seventeen candidate items captured important HRQoL facets relevant to mental health recovery. Rasch analysis removed 10 misfitting items. The final 7-item module, which demonstrated the best Rasch model fit, enquires about recovery beliefs, identifying strengths, self-awareness, acceptance, capacity to relate, feeling understood, and recovery progress. Ordinal-to-interval conversion tables have been developed to optimize measurement precision when using the module. Conclusions Important HRQoL issues central to mental health recovery can be reliably evaluated by using the recovery module with the WHOQOL tools.
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dc.identifier.citation	Rowthorn, M. J., Billington, D. R., Krägeloh, C. U., Landon, J., & Medvedev, O. N. (2019). Development of a mental health recovery module for the WHOQOL. Quality of Life Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02265-y	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s11136-019-02265-y	en_NZ
dc.identifier.eissn	1573-2649	en_NZ
dc.identifier.issn	0962-9343	en_NZ
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12778
dc.language.iso	en	en_NZ
dc.publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC	en_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOf	Quality of Life Research	en_NZ
dc.rights	© 2019 Springer Science and Business Media LLC. This is the author's accepted version. The final publication is available at Springer via dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11136-019-02265-y
dc.subject	Quality of life
dc.subject	Patient-reported outcome
dc.subject	Measurement
dc.subject	Rasch model
dc.subject	WHOQOL
dc.subject	Mental health recovery
dc.title	Development of a mental health recovery module for the WHOQOL	en_NZ
dc.type	Journal Article
pubs.declined	2019-08-12T14:42:49.709+1200
pubs.elements-id	240177
pubs.organisational-group	/Waikato
pubs.organisational-group	/Waikato/2024 PBRF
pubs.organisational-group	/Waikato/DASL
pubs.organisational-group	/Waikato/DASL/2024 PBRF - DASL
pubs.organisational-group	/Waikato/DASL/SPSY
pubs.organisational-group	/Waikato/DASL/SPSY/2024 PBRF - SPSY
pubs.publication-status	Published online	en_NZ
pubs.user.info	Medvedev, Oleg (omedvede@waikato.ac.nz)
uow.verification.status	verified