TY - JOUR
T1 - The reliability of British Sign Language and English versions of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation – Outcome Measure with d/Deaf populations in the UK: a pilot study
AU - Evans, Chris
N1 - © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - Previous research has argued that the mental well-being of d/Deaf
people is poorer than that of hearing populations. However, there is a
paucity of valid and reliable mental health instruments in sign language
that have been normalised with d/Deaf populations. The aim of this
study was to determine the reliability of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine
Evaluation – Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) with d/Deaf populations. A
British Sign Language (BSL) version was produced using a team
approach to forward translation, and a back-translation check. The
CORE-OM was incorporated into an online survey, to be completed in
either BSL or English, as preferred by the participant. From December
2010 to March 2011, data were collected from 136 d/Deaf people.
Cronbach’s a was used to measure the internal consistency of items in
the CORE-OM. Comparisons were made between versions, including
comparisons with the non-clinical hearing population (not in receipt of
mental health services) in a previous study. The reliability of the overall
score, as well as the non-risk items in both the BSL and English versions,
was satisfactory. The internal reliability of each domain in the BSL
version was good (Cronbach’s a > 0.70) and comparable to the English
version in the hearing population. This was true for most domains of the
CORE–OM in the English version completed by d/Deaf people, although
the Functioning domain had a relatively low a of 0.79 and the Risk
domain had an a of only 0.66 This raised the question whether it is
advisable to use a mental health assessment with d/Deaf populations
that has been standardised with hearing populations. Nevertheless, this
study has shown that it is possible to collect data from d/Deaf
populations in the UK via the web (both in BSL and English), and an
online BSL version of the CORE-OM is recommended for use with Deaf
populations in the community.
AB - Previous research has argued that the mental well-being of d/Deaf
people is poorer than that of hearing populations. However, there is a
paucity of valid and reliable mental health instruments in sign language
that have been normalised with d/Deaf populations. The aim of this
study was to determine the reliability of the Clinical Outcomes in Routine
Evaluation – Outcome Measure (CORE-OM) with d/Deaf populations. A
British Sign Language (BSL) version was produced using a team
approach to forward translation, and a back-translation check. The
CORE-OM was incorporated into an online survey, to be completed in
either BSL or English, as preferred by the participant. From December
2010 to March 2011, data were collected from 136 d/Deaf people.
Cronbach’s a was used to measure the internal consistency of items in
the CORE-OM. Comparisons were made between versions, including
comparisons with the non-clinical hearing population (not in receipt of
mental health services) in a previous study. The reliability of the overall
score, as well as the non-risk items in both the BSL and English versions,
was satisfactory. The internal reliability of each domain in the BSL
version was good (Cronbach’s a > 0.70) and comparable to the English
version in the hearing population. This was true for most domains of the
CORE–OM in the English version completed by d/Deaf people, although
the Functioning domain had a relatively low a of 0.79 and the Risk
domain had an a of only 0.66 This raised the question whether it is
advisable to use a mental health assessment with d/Deaf populations
that has been standardised with hearing populations. Nevertheless, this
study has shown that it is possible to collect data from d/Deaf
populations in the UK via the web (both in BSL and English), and an
online BSL version of the CORE-OM is recommended for use with Deaf
populations in the community.
KW - d/Deaf people
KW - sign language
KW - reliability
KW - mental health assessment
U2 - 10.1111/hsc.12078
DO - 10.1111/hsc.12078
M3 - Article
C2 - 24206212
SN - 0966-0410
VL - 22
SP - 278
EP - 289
JO - Health & social care in the community
JF - Health & social care in the community
IS - 3
ER -