Measuring personal recovery – psychometric properties of the Swedish Questionnaire about the Process of Recovery (QPR-Swe)

Purpose and aim: The overall aim of the present study was to examine quality of life in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patients age !60 years. First, we compared older adults with ADHD to both healthy controls of the same age and younger adults with ADHD. Second, we examined executive functioning as a possible underlying factor for quality of life among older adults with ADHD. Methods: The study included 158 participants in three groups: (1) older adults (60-75 years of age) with ADHD (n ¼ 42), (2) healthy controls of the same age (n ¼ 58), and (3) younger adults (age 18-45 years of age) with ADHD (n ¼ 56). The patients with ADHD were clinically-referred. Quality of life was examined through self-ratings and executive functioning was examined using both self-ratings and tests. Results: Older adults with ADHD differed significantly from controls the same age on all aspects of quality of life, with large effect sizes. However, they showed similar levels of quality of life compared to younger adults with ADHD. The exception was psychological health, for which older adults displayed better quality of life compared to younger adults with ADHD. Executive deficits measured through self-ratings, especially working memory, were related to quality of life, sometimes also beyond the influence of ADHD symptom levels. Conclusions: Older adults with ADHD show serious impairments in quality of life, that are comparable to the levels found for younger adults. Impairments may increase further as these individuals grow older and clinics need to meet the needs of this increasingly larger group of patients. ARTICLE HISTORY

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confidence: 99%

Quality of life in older adults with ADHD: links to ADHD symptom levels and executive functioning deficits

Thorell

Holst

Sjöwall

2019

“…However, their psychometric properties have not been previously reported upon. Nordic translations and psychometric analyses of instruments used internationally are important and there are several notable examples of this effort [19][20][21][22][23]. The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties (including the factor structure) of the PDSS and PDSS-SR in a large, treatment-seeking sample of adults with a DSM-IV diagnosis of PD or PDA who were recruited to a randomized controlled preference trial of cognitive behavioral therapy and brief, panic-focused psychodynamic therapy (Project POSE [24]).…”

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confidence: 99%

Psychometric analysis of the Swedish panic disorder severity scale and its self-report version

Svensson

Nilsson

Johansson

et al. 2019

Background: Panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia (PDA or PD, respectively), is a major public health problem. After having established a PD diagnosis based on the DSM or the ICD systems, the Panic Disorder Severity Scale (PDSS) is the most widely used interview-based instrument for assessing disorder severity. There is also a self-report version of the instrument (PDSS-SR); both exist in a Swedish translation but their psychometric properties remain untested. Methods: We studied 221 patients with PD/PDA recruited to a randomized controlled preference trial of cognitive-behavioral and brief panic-focused psychodynamic psychotherapy. In addition to PDSS and PDSS-SR the participants completed self-reports including the Clinical Outcome in Routine Evaluation-Outcome Measure, Montgomery Åsberg Depression Rating Scale, Sheehan Disability Scale, Bodily Sensations Questionnaire and the Mobility Inventory for Agoraphobia. Results: PDSS and PDSS-SR possessed excellent psychometric properties (internal consistency, test-retest reliability) and convergent validity. A single factor structure for both versions was not confirmed. In terms of clinical utility, the PDSS had very high inter-rater reliability and correspondence with PD assessed via structured diagnostic interview. Both versions were sensitive to the effects of PD-focused treatment, although subjects scored systematically lower on the self-report version. Conclusions: The study confirmed the reliability and validity of the Swedish versions of PDSS and PDSS-SR. Both versions were highly sensitive to the effects of two PD-focused treatments and can be used both in clinical and research settings. However, further investigation of the factor structures of both the PDSS and PDSS-SR is warranted. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01606592 ARTICLE HISTORY

“…Despite extensive use of the instrument in research in Sweden [15][16][17][18][19], no psychometric testing seems to have been performed on a Swedish version of RSES. A literature search indicates that more than one translation exists, and two different response formats have been used.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale

Eklund

Bäckström

Hansson

2018

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