Adaptation and validation of the On Your Own Feet - Transition Experiences Scale evaluating transitions to adult services among adolescent mental health service users in Europe.
Abstract
Purpose: Experiences of young people transitioning from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) have mostly been investigated qualitatively. This study adapts and validates the On Your Own Feet - Transition Experiences Scale (OYOF-TES) in a sample of CAMHS users in Europe and describes young people's and parents' experiences with transition and end of care at CAMHS.
Methods: The OYOF-TES was adapted to a mental health setting and translated. An End Of Care (OYOF-EOC) version (self- and parent-report) was developed. A total of 457 young people and 383 parents completed an OYOF-TES or OYOF-EOC. Psychometric properties and descriptives are presented.
Results: The Cronbach's alphas of the OYOF-TES and OYOF-EOC parent/self-report ranged from 0.92 to 0.94. The two-factor structure was confirmed. The mean overall satisfaction reported by young people was 6.15 (0-10; SD=2.92) for transition and 7.14 (0-10; SD=2.37) for care ending. However, 26.7%-36.4% of young people were unsatisfied.
Discussion: The OYOF-TES and OYOF-EOC can be used reliably in mental healthcare settings to capture young people's and parents' transition experiences. The majority of young people and parents was satisfied with the process of transition and care ending, yet a third of young people had negative experiences.
Author
Gerritsen, Suzanne E
van Bodegom, Larissa S
Overbeek, Mathilde M
van Staa, AnneLoes
Maras, Athanasios
van Amelsvoort, Therese Amj
Wolke, Dieter
de Girolamo, Giovanni
Franić, Tomislav
McNicholas, Fiona
Paul, Moli
Purper-Ouakil, Diane
Santosh, Paramala
Schulze, Ulrike Me
Singh, Swaran P
Street, Cathy
Tremmery, Sabine
Tuomainen, Helena
Dieleman, Gwendolyn C
van Bodegom, Larissa S
Overbeek, Mathilde M
van Staa, AnneLoes
Maras, Athanasios
van Amelsvoort, Therese Amj
Wolke, Dieter
de Girolamo, Giovanni
Franić, Tomislav
McNicholas, Fiona
Paul, Moli
Purper-Ouakil, Diane
Santosh, Paramala
Schulze, Ulrike Me
Singh, Swaran P
Street, Cathy
Tremmery, Sabine
Tuomainen, Helena
Dieleman, Gwendolyn C
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Date
2024-07-19
Type
Article
Subject
Mental health
Citation
Gerritsen SE, van Bodegom LS, Overbeek MM, van Staa A, Maras A, van Amelsvoort TA, Wolke D, de Girolamo G, Franić T, McNicholas F, Paul M, Purper-Ouakil D, Santosh P, Schulze UM, Singh SP, Street C, Tremmery S, Tuomainen H, Dieleman GC. Adaptation and validation of the On Your Own Feet - Transition Experiences Scale evaluating transitions to adult services among adolescent mental health service users in Europe. Psychiatry Res. 2024 Sep;339:116071. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116071. Epub 2024 Jul 19. PMID: 39083959.
Journal / Source Title
Psychiatry research
DOI
10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116071
PMID
39083959
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher’s URL
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39083959/