Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Danish Adaptation of the Instrument Quality in Psychiatric Care-Forensic In-Patient Staff (QPC-FIPS)

Lars-Olov Lundqvist^1,2,3*, Erik Riiskjaer⁴, Kirsten Lorentzen⁴, Agneta Schröder^3,5

¹Centre for Rehabilitation Research, Örebro County Council, Örebro, Sweden.
²School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
³School of Health and Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
⁴Public Health and Quality Improvement Centre, Central Denmark Region, Denmark.
⁵Psychiatric Research Centre, Örebro County Council, Örebro, Sweden.

DOI: 10.4236/ojn.2014.412093                

Abstract

There is a need for an internationally standardized and psychometrically tested instrument to measure the perceptions of staff members on the quality of forensic inpatient care provided. The aim of the present study was to adapt the Swedish instrument Quality of Psychiatric Care-Forensic In-Patient Staff (QPC-FIPS) to the Danish context and to evaluate its psychometric properties and factor structure in this context. All permanently employed staff members at all 27 forensic inpatient wards in Denmark were invited to answer the Danish version of the QPC-FIPS. In total, 641 staff members participated, resulting in a response rate of 80%. The Danish version of the QPC-FIPS showed adequate psychometric properties and excellent goodness of fit of the hypothesised factor structure. Hence, the Danish QPC-FIPS is an excellent instrument for evaluating quality of forensic inpatient care both in clinical practice and in cross-cultural research. The members of staff generally reported that the care provided to patients was of high quality. The quality of the forensic-specific dimension was rated the highest, followed by the support, secluded environment, encounter, discharge and participation. The quality of the secure environment dimension was perceived to be the worst. The QPC-FIPS includes important aspects of staff members’ assessments of quality of care and offers a simple and inexpensive way to evaluate psychiatric forensic inpatient care. The QPC-FIPS can be used together with the Quality of Psychiatric Care-Forensic In-Patient (QPC-FIP) instrument, which covers the same items and dimensions as the QPC-FIPS, to identify patients’ and staff members’ views on quality of care and to improve the quality of forensic psychiatric care and benchmarking.

Keywords

Forensic Inpatient Care, Psychometric Properties, Denmark, Quality in Psychiatric Care-Forensic In-Patient Staff (QPC-FIPS), Quality of Care

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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