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Using Quantitative Research to Measure Recovery Outcomes and Correlates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Deirbhile Lavin  and
Patrick Ryan
Deirbhile Lavin*
Affiliation:
HSE Kildare Mid West Adult Mental Health Service, Dublin Road, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare
Patrick Ryan
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, University of Limerick, Co. Limerick
*
*Correspondence Email: deirbhile.lavin@hse.ie
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Abstract

Objective: Recovery has become an increasingly significant concept within mental health literature. Despite this, few studies have investigated the measurement of recovery and its correlates using quantitative methods. The aim of the current study was to measure recovery in people with chronic psychiatric disabilities using a quantitative tool and to investigate what factors were correlated to recovery outcomes. It was hypothesised that measures that investigated the individual's subjective sense of well-being would have a stronger correlation to recovery than more traditional clinician-rated scales.

Method: Participants were 63 people with a chronic psychiatric disability. They were recruited as a convenience sample from community mental health rehabilitation teams in three locations. Using a cross-sectional design, participants completed measures of psychological well-being (Psychological Well-being Scale (PWB); hope (Adult State Hope Scale) and recovery (Recovery Assessment Scale (RAS). Health professionals rated participants' psychosocial functioning using the Multnomah Community Ability Scale (MCAS-R).

Results: Analyses found that there was no significant correlation between clinician-rated psychosocial functioning scores and participant-rated recovery outcomes. Psychological well-being variables rated by the participants themselves were found to significantly correlate with recovery outcomes. The variables hope, environmental mastery and relationships with others were found to emerge as independent predictors of recovery scores.

Conclusions: Results underscore the premise that recovery is a distinct construct that is unique to the individual and cannot be fully captured by objective measures of functioning. Implications for practice suggest that services for people with chronic psychiatric disability should utilise recovery focused tools in patient assessment and treatment in order for a comprehensive assessment to be achieved. Recovery interventions should also focus on the individual's hope, mastery and relationships with others in order to promote recovery.

Keywords

Serious mental illnessrecovery (disorders)rating scalespsychological well-being.
Type
Original Paper
Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , 2012 , pp. 157 - 162
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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