Community Psychiatry Service, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Consultations de Chauderon, Place Chauderon 18, 1003, Lausanne, Switzerland.
General Psychiatry Service, Treatment and Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (TIPP-Lausanne), Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
BMC Psychiatry. 2017 Nov 6;17(1):357. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1519-4.
The MacArthur Admission Experience Survey (AES) is a widely used tool to evaluate the level of perceived coercion experienced at psychiatric hospital admission. The French-language AES was prepared using a translation/back-translation procedure. It consists of 16 items and 3 subscores (perceived coercion, negative pressures and voice). This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the French-language AES.
152 inpatients were evaluated. Reliability was estimated using internal consistency coefficients and a test-retest procedure. Internal validity was assessed using a two-parameter logistic item response model. Convergent validity was estimated using correlations between the AES scores and the Coercion Ladder (CL), the Coercion Experience Scale (CES) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale. Discriminatory power was evaluated by comparing the scores of patients undergoing voluntary or compulsory admission.
The French-language AES showed good internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Internal validity of the three-factor model was excellent. Correlations between AES and CL, CES and GAF scores suggested good convergent validity. AES scores were significantly higher among patients subject to compulsory psychiatric hospital admission than among those admitted voluntarily.
Overall, the French-language version of the AES demonstrated very good psychometric proprieties.
MacArthur 入院体验调查（AES）是一种广泛用于评估入院时感知到的强制程度的工具。法语版 AES 是通过翻译/回译程序准备的。它由 16 个项目和 3 个子量表（感知强制、负面压力和声音）组成。本研究旨在评估法语版 AES 的心理测量特性。
评估了 152 名住院患者。可靠性通过内部一致性系数和测试-重测程序来估计。内部有效性通过双参数逻辑项目反应模型进行评估。使用 AES 评分与强制梯（CL）、强制体验量表（CES）和全球功能评估（GAF）量表之间的相关性来估计收敛效度。通过比较自愿或强制入院患者的分数来评估判别能力。
法语版 AES 显示出良好的内部一致性和测试-重测可靠性。三因素模型的内部有效性非常好。AES 评分与 CL、CES 和 GAF 评分之间的相关性表明良好的收敛效度。与自愿入院的患者相比，强制入院的患者的 AES 评分明显更高。
总体而言，法语版 AES 具有非常好的心理计量特性。
