To complete the development and testing of the carers’ and users’ expectations of services-carers’ version
Award Number
08/1613/144Programme
Health and Social Care Delivery ResearchStatus / Stage
CompletedDates
2 October 2006 -1 August 2008
Duration (calculated)
01 years 09 monthsFunder(s)
NIHRFunding Amount
£187,782.00Funder/Grant study page
NIHRContracted Centre
Royal College of Psychiatrists, London DivisionPrincipal Investigator
Professor Paul LelliottWHO Catergories
Methodologies and approaches for risk reduction researchModels across the continuum of care
Disease Type
Dementia (Unspecified)CPEC Review Info
| Reference ID | 182 |
|---|---|
| Researcher | Reside Team |
| Published | 12/06/2023 |
Data
| Award Number | 08/1613/144 |
|---|---|
| Status / Stage | Completed |
| Start Date | 20061002 |
| End Date | 20080801 |
| Duration (calculated) | 01 years 09 months |
| Funder/Grant study page | NIHR |
| Contracted Centre | Royal College of Psychiatrists, London Division |
| Funding Amount | £187,782.00 |
Abstract
Carers’ and Users’ Expectation of Services – Carers’ Version (CUES-C) is an instrument designed to measure the experience and outcomes for carers of people with severe mental health problems. It was developed by the applicants with the support of a grant from the Department of Health Outcomes of Social Care for Adults initiative (Lelliott et al, 1999; 2003). This research project aims to develop this work by (a) revising CUES-C so that it becomes an instrument that measures all important aspects of the experience of carers of people with severe mental health problems; as defined by the recent SDO-commissioned review (Harvey et al, 2005), and (b) testing the psychometric properties of the revised version of CUES-C; with a particular focus on those attributes proposed by the SDO review as being essential to a good carers’ outcome measure. The study has three phases: (1) further psychometric analysis of existing data about CUES-C, to inform the first revision of CUES-C, (2) an initial field trial of version 2 of CUES-C and second revision, and (3) a second field trial involving version 3. The research project will last for 22 months and involve carers at every stage. Results derived from use of the instrument could be used as a central component of the assessment of an individual carer by mental health and other services; for service planning or evaluating/monitoring the effectiveness of teams at addressing the problems of carers (through aggregation at the mental health team level); or nationally, via service-level aggregation, for performance management, benchmarking or health services research.
Aims
This research project aims to develop this work by (a) revising CUES-C so that it becomes an instrument that measures all important aspects of the experience of carers of people with severe mental health problems; as defined by the recent SDO-commissioned review (Harvey et al, 2005), and (b) testing the psychometric properties of the revised version of CUES-C; with a particular focus on those attributes proposed by the SDO review as being essential to a good carers’ outcome measure.