Measuring quality in community based housing support - the QPC-H instrument
Purpose The purpose of the study was to test the psychometric properties and dimensionality of the instrument Quality in Psychiatric Care – Housing (QPC–H) and briefly describe the residents perception of quality of housing support. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 174 residents from 22 housing support services in nine Swedish municipalities participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the QPC–H consisted of six dimensions and had a factor structure largely corresponding to that found among other instruments in the Quality in Psychiatric Care family of instruments Findings Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the QPC–H consisted of six dimensions and had a factor structure largely corresponding to that found among other instruments in the Quality in Psychiatric Care family of instruments. The internal consistency of the factors was acceptable except in the case of secure and secluded environment, probably due to few numbers of items. With this exception, the QPC–H shows adequate psychometric properties. Originality/value The QPC–H includes important aspects of residents’ assessment of quality of housing service and offers a simple and inexpensive way to evaluate housing support services from the residents’ perspective.