Project Name
Independent Living for People with Psychiatric Disabilities: Using Contextual Cues to Remove Environmental Barriers - Grocery Shopping Skills Training
Grant Number
H133G000152
Tool Type
Checklists
Tool Class
Nonengineering Tool
Disability Targeted
Psychiatric Disabilities
Study Target
Sites using a skills training intervention
Study Goal
The goal of this project is to ensure that participants are receiving comparable services at different sites.
Tool Admin
Outside observers.
Ease of Use
Very Easy
Time to Complete
Approximately 2 hours.
Equipment Required
none
Approvals Required
The checklist received approval as part of the overall protocol.
How Administered
An outside observer must watch through the entire intervention to confirm the elements on the checklist. Each item is rated as it is covered in the intervention.
Scope
The checklist covers the content of intervention, facilities/staff, and interpersonal skills.
Development Background
In the development of the fidelity checklist, literature review was done in the area of fidelity measures in mental health.
Development Methodology
The questions and methodology were selected based on items from the intervention itself.
Consumer Input
The project has a consumer who is a consultant to the grant who helped develop the checklist. In addition, consumers at each intervention site running the intervention supplied input.
Used Elsewhere
The process of developing the checklist is simple and could be applied to any other population.
Tested Sensitivity and Specificity
Researchers tried a more sensitive scale and couldn’t get reliability
Other Purposes
The checklist is specific to the intervention. However, it could be used as a guideline for those researchers developing similar interventions.
Sample Type
none
Data Analysis
Is In Process
Limitations
The checklist only uses a yes/no scale. Researchers tried a more sensitive scale and couldn’t get reliability. Questions or scaling would be more sensitive.
Findings
Data analysis was in process at the time of the interview. Several sessions were omitted from the processing because they were incomplete or otherwise not up to par. Researchers will compare across sites and look for relationship between fidelity measures and outcomes.
Findings Impact
If the fidelity measure proves predicative, it will show which data can and should be included.
Peer Review Status
No citations available at the time of the interview.
Who Uses Data
Internal staff
Is Tool Free
Yes
Tool Contact
University of Kansas Medical Center
Contact Name
Catana Brown, PhD
Phone
913/588-7195