eprintid: 1302410 rev_number: 54 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/30/24/10 datestamp: 2011-04-08 20:16:42 lastmod: 2021-10-18 00:00:55 status_changed: 2012-07-24 10:05:28 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Killaspy, H creators_name: White, S creators_name: Wright, C creators_name: Taylor, TL creators_name: Turton, P creators_name: Schutzwohl, M creators_name: Schuster, M creators_name: Cervilla, JA creators_name: Brangier, P creators_name: Raboch, J creators_name: Kalisova, L creators_name: Onchev, G creators_name: Alexiev, S creators_name: Mezzina, R creators_name: Ridente, P creators_name: Wiersma, D creators_name: Visser, E creators_name: Kiejna, A creators_name: Adamowski, T creators_name: Ploumpidis, D creators_name: Gonidakis, F creators_name: Caldas-de-Almeida, J creators_name: Cardoso, G creators_name: King, MB title: The development of the Quality Indicator for Rehabilitative Care (QuIRC): a measure of best practice for facilities for people with longer term mental health problems ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D79 keywords: SCHIZOPHRENIA, SERVICES note: © 2011 Killaspy et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. abstract: Background: Despite the progress over recent decades in developing community mental health services internationally, many people still receive treatment and care in institutional settings. Those most likely to reside longest in these facilities have the most complex mental health problems and are at most risk of potential abuses of care and exploitation. This study aimed to develop an international, standardised toolkit to assess the quality of care in longer term hospital and community based mental health units, including the degree to which human rights, social inclusion and autonomy are promoted.Method: The domains of care included in the toolkit were identified from a systematic literature review, international expert Delphi exercise, and review of care standards in ten European countries. The draft toolkit comprised 154 questions for unit managers. Inter-rater reliability was tested in 202 units across ten countries at different stages of deinstitutionalisation and development of community mental health services. Exploratory factor analysis was used to corroborate the allocation of items to domains. Feedback from those using the toolkit was collected about its usefulness and ease of completion.Results: The toolkit had excellent inter-rater reliability and few items with narrow spread of response. Unit managers found the content highly relevant and were able to complete it in around 90 minutes. Minimal refinement was required and the final version comprised 145 questions assessing seven domains of care.Conclusions: Triangulation of qualitative and quantitative evidence directed the development of a robust and comprehensive international quality assessment toolkit for units in highly variable socioeconomic and political contexts. date: 2011-03-01 publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-11-35 vfaculties: VFBRS oa_status: green pmcid: PMC3056767 language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: Web of Science elements_id: 303664 doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-35 language_elements: EN lyricists_name: Killaspy, Helen lyricists_name: King, Michael lyricists_name: Salisbury, Tatiana lyricists_id: HTKIL41 lyricists_id: MBKIN92 lyricists_id: TTAYL30 full_text_status: public publication: BMC Psychiatry volume: 11 article_number: 35 issn: 1471-244X citation: Killaspy, H; White, S; Wright, C; Taylor, TL; Turton, P; Schutzwohl, M; Schuster, M; ... King, MB; + view all <#> Killaspy, H; White, S; Wright, C; Taylor, TL; Turton, P; Schutzwohl, M; Schuster, M; Cervilla, JA; Brangier, P; Raboch, J; Kalisova, L; Onchev, G; Alexiev, S; Mezzina, R; Ridente, P; Wiersma, D; Visser, E; Kiejna, A; Adamowski, T; Ploumpidis, D; Gonidakis, F; Caldas-de-Almeida, J; Cardoso, G; King, MB; - view fewer <#> (2011) The development of the Quality Indicator for Rehabilitative Care (QuIRC): a measure of best practice for facilities for people with longer term mental health problems. BMC Psychiatry , 11 , Article 35. 10.1186/1471-244X-11-35 <https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-244X-11-35>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1302410/1/1471-244X-11-35.pdf