Practitioners undertaking modular family intervention training: measuring competence

Fleming, Mick P; Savage-Grainge, Anita; Allinson, Rob; Martin, Colin R

Abstract

Family interventions based on the principles of behavioural and cognitive therapy, delivered for more than three months or 10–15 sessions have proved efficacious in reducing relapses and re-hospitalisation for people with schizophrenia. They are recommended as a first-line treatment in clinical guidelines. Recent developments in the field have included the development of scales to measure family intervention adherence and skill competency. This study reports the findings of a preliminary investigation into the accuracy of sub-scales of the family intervention scale. This scale measures the skills required to manage a family intervention session as well as delivery of a specific family intervention. The findings show a highly significant correlation between the two sub-scales (r = 0.61, n = 82, p < 0.001), however, this correlation only accounts for 37% of the common variance (r2 = 0.37). Use of the core session item sub-scale separately from the specific intervention sub-scale is recommended and supported by the internal consistency of the sub-scale (α = 0.87). Further larger powered and robust studies are required on the family intervention scale to determine its psychometric properties.

Citation

Fleming, M. P., Savage-Grainge, A., Allinson, R., & Martin, C. R. (2014). Practitioners undertaking modular family intervention training: measuring competence. British Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 3(1), 12-17. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2014.3.1.12

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 1, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Feb 18, 2014
• Publication Date: 2014-01
• Deposit Date: Aug 5, 2016
• Journal: British Journal of Mental Health Nursing
• Print ISSN: 2049-5919
• Electronic ISSN: 2052-496X
• Publisher: Mark Allen Healthcare
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 12-17
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.2014.3.1.12
• Keywords: schizophrenia, behavioural and cognitive therapy, family interventions,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/329001