Measuring perceived meaningfulness in day centres for persons with mental illness
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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.
Department/s
Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Pages
312-320
Publication/Series
Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Volume
18
Issue
4
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Topic
- Occupational Therapy
Keywords
- community psychiatry
- instrument development
- Rasch analysis
Status
Published
Research group
- Sustainable occupations and health in a life course perspective
- Mental Health, Activity and Participation
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1651-2014