Measuring mental health recovery: Cross-cultural adaptation of the 15-item Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery in Spain (QPR-15-SP).
Jessica Marian Goodman-Casanova, Daniel Cuesta-Lozano, Marta Garcia-Gallardo and 3 others
PMID 35277913WHAT IT FOUND
A Spanish mental health recovery questionnaire was adapted with translators, clinicians and service users.
People who tried it found it understandable and quick to complete, but it has not yet been tested for validity.
Key findings
01The study produced a Spanish version of the QPR-15 that was reported to match the original in meaning, language and culture.
02In the pilot, the questionnaire took 3.00 minutes to complete, and 33 of 34 participants found it comprehensible.
03This was an adaptation process, not a validation study, so the tool's ability to measure recovery still needs testing.
STILL TO COME
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What it does not show
The study adapted the questionnaire but did not validate it, so it does not yet show that the scores accurately measure recovery. The pilot was small and came from a limited set of mental health services in Spain, so it may not represent other regions or groups. Service users were less likely than professionals to make suggestions, which may mean some wording still does not fit users well. The questionnaire did not cover some recovery areas named by participants, including family and professional support, community participation, stigma, employment and occupational activities. The guidelines were seen as complex and repetitive, so users may need support to use the instrument.
Declared interests
The work was funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III and the European Social Fund. The paper does not report commercial funding or author conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not treat the Spanish QPR-15-SP as a validated measure of recovery. This paper adapted the questionnaire and tested whether people could understand it; it did not validate it.