Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP-Montreal), Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Montreal, Canada.
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Early Interv Psychiatry. 2022 Jul;16(7):812-817. doi: 10.1111/eip.13231. Epub 2021 Nov 7.
To compare social, recreational and independent functioning among persons with psychosis across two geo-cultural contexts, we adapted the well-established Social Functioning Scale (SFS) and translated it into French and Tamil. We present the development and psychometric testing of this adaptation, the SFS-Early Intervention.
Sixteen items were added to reflect contemporary youth activities (e.g., online games) and 31 items adapted to enhance applicability and/or include context-specific examples (e.g., 'church activity' replaced with 'religious/spiritual activity'). Psychometric properties and participant feedback were evaluated.
Test-retest reliability (ICCs) ranged from 0.813 to 0.964. Internal consistency (Cronbach's α) ranged from .749 to .936 across sites and languages. Correlations with original subscales were high. The scale was rated easy to complete and understand.
The SFS-Early Intervention is a promising patient-reported measure of social, recreational and independent functioning. Our approach shows that conceptually sound existing measures are adaptable to different times and contexts.
为了比较两个地理文化背景下精神病患者的社交、娱乐和独立功能,我们对成熟的社会功能量表(SFS)进行了改编,将其翻译为法语和泰米尔语。我们介绍了这种改编,即 SFS-早期干预的开发和心理测量学测试。
增加了 16 个项目以反映当代青年活动(例如,在线游戏),并改编了 31 个项目以提高适用性和/或包括特定于上下文的示例(例如,用“宗教/精神活动”代替“教堂活动”)。评估了心理测量特性和参与者的反馈。
测试-重测信度(ICC)范围为 0.813 至 0.964。内部一致性(Cronbach 的 α)在不同地点和语言之间的范围为 0.749 至 0.936。与原始子量表的相关性很高。该量表被评为易于完成和理解。
SFS-早期干预是一种有前途的患者报告的社交、娱乐和独立功能测量工具。我们的方法表明,概念合理的现有量表可以适应不同的时间和背景。