Tevredenheidsvragenlijsten bij residentiële geestelijke gezondheidszorg voor minderjarigen: systematische review

Abstract

Satisfaction questionnaires for residential care in child psychiatry: a systematic review Background. The measurement of patient satisfaction in child psychiatry is used for evaluation, quality projects and scientific research. It is recommended to use instruments with sufficient validity and reliability. Methodology. The goal of this systematic review is to make an overview of the questionnaires that are currently used in residential child psychiatric care, and to evaluate the quality of those instruments. A search was performed in the databases Medline and Cochrane Library. Studies with patients aged below 18 years or their parents, who have used residential psychiatric care, were included. The studies were published in peer-reviewed magazines in Dutch, French or English. The quality of the instruments was evaluated based upon their psychometric properties (using the COSMIN (‘Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments’) criteria) and descriptive features were compared. Results. In 50 relevant articles, 44 questionnaires were found. For 31 questionnaires, psychometric properties were mentioned. Validity was determined more frequently than reliability (30 versus 2 questionnaires). Conclusion. Questionnaires YSS (Youth Services Survey) and YSSF (Youth Services Survey for Families) are recommended to use because of their good content validity and internal consistency.