Faculty of Medicine and Health, University Health Care Research Center, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Faroe Islands, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Nord J Psychiatry. 2024 Oct;78(7):616-626. doi: 10.1080/08039488.2024.2402239. Epub 2024 Sep 22.
Evaluating the quality of psychiatric care from the patient's perspective is crucial to measure the effectiveness of the provided care. This study aimed to translate the original Swedish Quality in Psychiatric Care - Inpatient (QPC-IP) instrument into Faroese, adapting it to the specific context of psychiatric inpatient care in the Faroe Islands, conducting a detailed evaluation of its psychometric properties, and to describe patients' perception of quality of psychiatric care.
Following a thorough translation and back-translation, the content validity of the Faroese QPC-IP was confirmed by a group of Faroese patients. Subsequently, the instrument was completed by 61 psychiatric inpatients.
Item total correlations revealed that most items strongly correlated with their intended dimensions, mirroring the original Swedish version. However, a noteworthy exception was found in the discharge dimension, leading to the exclusion of an item related to helping find an occupation; this task was not performed by the ward. While the internal consistency of the overall scale was excellent, specific dimensions exhibited lower consistency.
The translation and cultural adaptation of the Faroese QPC-IP proved satisfactory. The psychometric evaluation affirmed a shared understanding of the quality of psychiatric care in both Faroese and Swedish cultural contexts. As a result, the Faroese QPC-IP emerges as a valuable instrument for assessing the quality of psychiatric care in the Faroe Islands. Its utility extends to quality assurance initiatives and contributes to cross-cultural research examining the quality of psychiatric care from the patient's perspective.
从患者的角度评估精神科护理质量对于衡量所提供护理的有效性至关重要。本研究旨在将原始的瑞典精神科护理质量-住院（QPC-IP）量表翻译成法罗语，使其适应法罗群岛精神科住院护理的特定背景，对其心理测量学特性进行详细评估，并描述患者对精神科护理质量的感知。
经过彻底的翻译和回译，一组法罗群岛患者确认了法罗语 QPC-IP 的内容效度。随后，该量表由 61 名精神科住院患者完成。
项目总分相关性表明，大多数项目与预期维度密切相关，与原始瑞典版本一致。然而，在出院维度中发现了一个值得注意的例外，导致与帮助寻找职业相关的项目被排除；这项任务不是病房完成的。虽然总体量表的内部一致性非常好，但特定维度的一致性较低。
法罗语 QPC-IP 的翻译和文化适应证明是令人满意的。心理测量评估肯定了法罗语和瑞典文化背景下对精神科护理质量的共同理解。因此，法罗语 QPC-IP 成为评估法罗群岛精神科护理质量的有价值工具。它的用途扩展到质量保证计划，并有助于从患者角度进行跨文化研究，以检查精神科护理质量。
