TY - JOUR
T1 - The Forensic High and Intensive Care Monitor
T2 - Measurement Properties of a Model Fidelity Scale for Contact-Based Care in Forensic Psychiatry
AU - Gerritsen, Sylvia
AU - Widdershoven, Guy A. M.
AU - van Melle, Anne L.
AU - de Vet, Henrica C. W.
AU - Voskes, Yolande
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank all the participating care professionals and institutions in this study, and in particular the auditors. Also, would like to acknowledge the role of the authors of the FHIC handbook: Petra de Leede, Peer van der Helm and Yolande Voskes (co-author). A special thanks to Savannah van Bodegom, Nienke Epskamp and Renske de Zwart for their contribution and support in this research and the coordination of the audits.
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Quality Forensic Care (KFZ) under Grant Call 2015–45 and by the participating mental health care institutions.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - Forensic High and Intensive Care (FHIC) has recently been developed as a new care model in Dutch forensic psychiatry. FHIC aims to provide contact-based care. To support Dutch forensic care institutions in the implementation of the model, a model fidelity scale was developed called the FHIC monitor. The aim of this study was to assess the inter-rater reliability, content validity, and construct validity of the FHIC monitor. A multi-methods design was used, combining qualitative and quantitative research. To collect data, audits and focus group meetings were organized to score care at individual wards with the monitor and get feedback from auditors and audit receiving teams about the quality of the monitor. In total, fifteen forensic mental healthcare institutions participated. The instrument showed acceptable inter-rater reliability and content validity, and a significant difference between expected high and low scoring institutions, supporting construct validity. The instrument can be used as a valid instrument to measure the level of implementation of the FHIC model on forensic psychiatric wards in the Netherlands.
AB - Forensic High and Intensive Care (FHIC) has recently been developed as a new care model in Dutch forensic psychiatry. FHIC aims to provide contact-based care. To support Dutch forensic care institutions in the implementation of the model, a model fidelity scale was developed called the FHIC monitor. The aim of this study was to assess the inter-rater reliability, content validity, and construct validity of the FHIC monitor. A multi-methods design was used, combining qualitative and quantitative research. To collect data, audits and focus group meetings were organized to score care at individual wards with the monitor and get feedback from auditors and audit receiving teams about the quality of the monitor. In total, fifteen forensic mental healthcare institutions participated. The instrument showed acceptable inter-rater reliability and content validity, and a significant difference between expected high and low scoring institutions, supporting construct validity. The instrument can be used as a valid instrument to measure the level of implementation of the FHIC model on forensic psychiatric wards in the Netherlands.
KW - Audits
KW - Forensic High and Intensive Care (FHIC)
KW - Forensic mental healthcare
KW - Model fidelity scale
KW - Psychometric properties
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U2 - 10.1007/s10488-021-01185-9
DO - 10.1007/s10488-021-01185-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 35171375
SN - 0894-587X
VL - 49
SP - 587
EP - 595
JO - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
JF - Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
IS - 4
ER -