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  • Titel: Reliability and validity of the FORUM-P and FORUM-C: two novel instruments for outcome measurement in forensic mental health
  • Beteiligte: Ryland, Howard [VerfasserIn]; Cook, Jonathan [VerfasserIn]; Ciobanasu, Oana [VerfasserIn]; Oluwabamise, Oluwasegun [VerfasserIn]; Cornish, Robert [VerfasserIn]; Al-Taiar, Hasanen [VerfasserIn]; Chris-Okoro, Eberechi [VerfasserIn]; Hoggart, Catherine [VerfasserIn]; Vallakalil, Alex [VerfasserIn]; Fitzpatrick, Ray [VerfasserIn]; Fazel, Seena [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: 2024
  • Erschienen in: Psychology, crime & law ; 30(2024), 2, Seite 150-165
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2022.2076855
  • ISSN: 1477-2744
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  • Schlagwörter: forensic psychiatry ; psychometrics ; quality of life ; Outcome measures
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  • Beschreibung: We conducted a series of tests on the FORensic oUtcome Measure (FORUM), a novel tool for measuring outcomes in forensic mental health services, which consists of complementary patient-reported (FORUM-P) and clinician-reported instruments (FORUM-C). Inpatients and outpatients at a UK forensic psychiatric regional service completed the FORUM-P and members of their clinical teams completed the FORUM-C. Patients and clinicians also provided qualitative feedback on the instruments. We assessed test-retest and inter-rater reliability in standard ways. Sixty-two patients participated with a mean age of 41.0 years (standard deviation 11.3). Thirty-five clinicians provided information about these patients. For internal consistency, Cronbach’s alpha for FORUM-P was 0.87 (95% confidence interval 0.80–0.93) and for FORUM-C was 0.93 (95% confidence interval 0.91–0.96). For test-retest reliability, weighted kappa for FORUM-P was 0.44 (95% confidence interval 0.24–0.63) and for FORUM-C was 0.78 (95% confidence interval 0.73–0.85). For inter-rater reliability, Spearman correlation coefficient for overall FORUM-C score between the first rating by clinician 1 and clinician 2 was 0.47 (95% confidence interval 0.18–0.69). For comprehensiveness, comprehensibility, and relevance FORUM-P and FORUM-C were both rated as good. FORUM-P and FORUM-C provide a novel, robust set of complementary instruments with promising psychometric properties for monitoring outcomes in forensic mental health.
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