TITLE:
The Quality in Psychiatric Care-Forensic In-Patient Staff (QPC-FIPS) instrument: Psychometric properties and staff views of the quality of forensic psychiatric services in Sweden
AUTHORS:
Agneta Schröder, Lars-Olov Lundqvist
KEYWORDS:
Forensic Inpatient Care; Psychiatry; Psychometric Properties; Sweden; Quality in Psychiatric Care-Forensic In-Patient Staff (QPC-FIPS); Quality of Care
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.3 No.3,
July
19,
2013
ABSTRACT: The
aim of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties and
dimensionality of the instrument Quality in Psychiatric Care-Forensic In-Patient
Staff (QPC-FIPS) and to describe the perceived quality of psychiatric care
among forensic inpatient service staff. A sample of 348 forensic inpatient
staff from 18 forensic wards in Sweden participated in the study. A
confirmatory factor analysis revealed a seven-factor structure with item
loadings > 0.50 on expected factors, indicating adequate psychometric
properties. The staff’s ratings of quality of care were high, 94% being
positive. The highest ratings were found for the secluded-environment dimension
and the lowest for the secure-environment dimension. Several factors influenced
the ratings of quality of care, for instance, staff’s time to perform their
duties and staff’s age. It is concluded that the QPC-FIPS can give valuable
information about staff’s perceptions of the quality of care provided at
inpatient forensic psychiatric care services, which can be used to identify
areas for quality improvement. Use of the QPC-FIPS is an easy and inexpensive
way to evaluate quality in forensic inpatient care, preferably in conjunction
with the QPC-FIP instrument developed for forensic inpatients and covering the
same items and dimensions.