TY - JOUR
T1 - Application of SCOPE-C to Measure Social Inclusion Among Mental Health Services Users in Hong Kong
AU - Chan, Kara
AU - Chiu, Marcus Yu-Lung
AU - Evans, Sherrill
AU - Huxley, Peter J.
AU - Ng, Yu-Leung
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - This study describes the construction of the Chinese version of the Social and Communities Opportunities Profile (SCOPE), henceforth, the SCOPE-C, to measure social inclusion among mental health services users in Hong Kong. The SCOPE-C was developed based on concept-mapping and benchmarking of census questions. The questionnaire consisted of 56 items, went through a standardized linguistic validation process and was pilot tested with qualitative feedback from five users of mental health services. Altogether 168 Chinese service users were recruited through various NGO mental health services to have three times face-to-face interview between October 2013 and July 2014. Results indicated that items related to satisfaction with opportunities and perceived opportunities in various social domains had high consistency. Nearly all the Kappa statistics and Pearson correlation coefficients between the baseline and two rounds of re-test were significant. The SCOPE-C was considered a valid instrument for Hong Kong mental health user population.
AB - This study describes the construction of the Chinese version of the Social and Communities Opportunities Profile (SCOPE), henceforth, the SCOPE-C, to measure social inclusion among mental health services users in Hong Kong. The SCOPE-C was developed based on concept-mapping and benchmarking of census questions. The questionnaire consisted of 56 items, went through a standardized linguistic validation process and was pilot tested with qualitative feedback from five users of mental health services. Altogether 168 Chinese service users were recruited through various NGO mental health services to have three times face-to-face interview between October 2013 and July 2014. Results indicated that items related to satisfaction with opportunities and perceived opportunities in various social domains had high consistency. Nearly all the Kappa statistics and Pearson correlation coefficients between the baseline and two rounds of re-test were significant. The SCOPE-C was considered a valid instrument for Hong Kong mental health user population.
KW - Inclusive practices
KW - Need assessment
KW - Perceived opportunities
KW - Social policy
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U2 - 10.1007/s10597-015-9907-z
DO - 10.1007/s10597-015-9907-z
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
SN - 0010-3853
VL - 52
SP - 1113
EP - 1117
JO - Community Mental Health Journal
JF - Community Mental Health Journal
IS - 8
ER -
