Measuring personal recovery – psychometric properties of the Swedish Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR-Swe)
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BACKGROUND: Personal recovery, defined as an individual process towards meaning, is an important target within mental health services. Measuring recovery hence requires reliable and valid measures. The Process of Recovery Questionnaire (QPR) was developed for that purpose. AIMS: The aim was to develop a Swedish version of the QPR (QPR-Swe) and explore its psychometric properties in terms of factor structure, internal consistency, construct validity and sensitivity to change. METHODS: A total of 226 participants entered the study. The factor structure was investigated by Principal Component Analysis and Scree plot. Construct validity was addressed in terms of convergent validity against indicators of self-mastery, self-esteem, quality of life and self-rated health. RESULTS: A one-factor solution of QPR-Swe received better support than a two-factor solution. Good internal consistency was indicated, α = 0.92, and construct validity was satisfactory. The QPR-Swe showed preliminary sensitivity to change. CONCLUSIONS: The QPR-Swe showed promising initial psychometric properties in terms of internal consistency, convergent validity and sensitivity to change. The QPR-Swe is recommended for use in research and clinical contexts to assess personal recovery among people with mental illness.
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QPR-Swe 16-item one-factor Swedish version has good internal consistency and satisfactory construct validity.
“For this study the QPR-Swe was used, which is a 16-item one-factor version in the Swedish language with good internal consistency and satisfactory construct validity [36].”
From Exploring mediators of the recovery process over time among mental health service users, using a mixed model regression analysis based on cluster RCT data (2020) · cites this paper as [36]
Although the Swedish version of QPR has shown sensitivity to change, only the English version has been tested for test-retest stability, which may be seen as a limitation of this study.
“Firstly, it should be mentioned that although the Swedish version of QPR has shown sensitivity to change [36], only the English version has been tested for test-retest stability [34], which may be seen as a limitation of this study.”
From Exploring mediators of the recovery process over time among mental health service users, using a mixed model regression analysis based on cluster RCT data (2020) · cites this paper as [36]
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- Authors
- Argentzell, E., Hultqvist, J., Neil, S., & Eklund, M.
- Affiliations
- Lund University (SE)
- Department of Clinical Psychology, Cromwell House Community Mental Health Team, Greater Manchester West NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
- Corresponding author
- Eklund, Mona
- Venue
- Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-07-11
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 529-535
- ISSN
- 0029-1455 (ISSN-L)
- 0803-9488
- 1502-4725
- OpenAlex
- W2734495128
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 5.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Nordic Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Vetenskapsrådet (K2014-99X-20067-09-4)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Keywords
- personal recovery, Swedish adaptation, psychometric properties, factor structure, construct validity, convergent validity, sensitivity to change, mental illness, self-control, self-esteem, quality of life, self-rated health
- MeSH terms
- Mental Health Recovery, Adult, Mental Disorders, Female, Health Status, Humans, Life Style, Male, Middle Aged, Occupational Therapy, Psychometrics, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Sweden, Reproducibility of Results, Self Efficacy, Young Adult
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