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The TAPS Project. 9: The Reliability of the Patient Attitude Questionnaire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Graham Thornicroft ,
Christopher Gooch ,
Catherine O'Driscoll  and
Sawsan Reda
Graham Thornicroft
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, Director of PRiSM, Institute of Psychiatry
Christopher Gooch
Affiliation:
TAPS
Catherine O'Driscoll
Affiliation:
Child and Family Department, Tavistock Centre, London (formerly TAPS)
Sawsan Reda
Affiliation:
University of Surrey (formerly TAPS)
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Abstract

The development of the hospital and community versions of the Patient Attitude Questionnaire is described. The instrument rates the attitudes of psychiatric patients towards their treatment settings and staff, and is framed specifically to assess attitudinal change during the transfer of patients from hospital. For the items rated using the kappa coefficient of agreement, the mean test-retest reliability value was 0.51, and the average inter-rater value was 0.82. This study shows that long-term psychiatric patients are able to give clear and consistent views about their living arrangements - views that should be sought and respected by staff.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue S19: The TAPS Project: Evaluating Community Placement of Long-Stay Psychiatric Patients , April 1993 , pp. 25 - 29
Copyright
Copyright © 1993 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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