Adaptation, psychometric properties and factor structure of the Spanish Quality in Psychiatric Care-Outpatient Staff (QPC-OPS) instrument

Quality of care is a multidimensional concept that should include the perspectives of all parties involved. There are few instruments with adequate psychometric properties for the assessment of the quality of psychiatric care in community mental health. Quality in Psychiatric Care-Outpatient Staf (Q...

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Authors: Tomás-Jiménez, Manuel, Roldán Merino, Juan Francisco, Sanchez-Balcells, Sara, Schröder, Agneta, Lundqvist, Lars-Olov, Puig Llobet, Montserrat, Moreno Poyato, Antonio Rafael, Domínguez del Campo, Marta, Lluch Canut, Ma. Teresa
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/186523
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/186523
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Psicometria
Assistència psiquiàtrica
Control de qualitat de l'assistència mèdica
Espanya
Psychometrics
Mental health services
Quality control of medical care
Spain
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Summary:Quality of care is a multidimensional concept that should include the perspectives of all parties involved. There are few instruments with adequate psychometric properties for the assessment of the quality of psychiatric care in community mental health. Quality in Psychiatric Care-Outpatient Staf (QPC-OPS) instrument has adequate psychometric properties to evaluate the quality of psychiatric care from the perspective of professionals. The aim of this study was to validate the Spanish version of the QPC-OPS instrument. The instrument was translated and back-translated, and then was administered to 260 professionals from distinct community mental health services. To assess test-retest reliability, it was re-administered after 7-14 days (n= 157). Confrmatory factor analysis revealed an 8-factor-structure identical to the original version, showing the good ft of the model. The internal consistency coefcient (Cronbach's alpha) was 0.885. The intraclass correlation coefcient was 0.847 (95% IC 0.790-0.888), which was higher than 0.70 in all factors bar one. The NT394 General Satisfaction Scale was used for analysis of convergent validity showing a rho correlation of 0.31 (p< 0.0001). Results show that the Spanish version of the QPC-OPS instrument is valid and reliable for the assessment of the quality of psychiatric care in the community setting.