Psychometric Evaluation of the PES-PD

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Preparedness for Employment Scale for Personality Disorder (PES-PD): Psychometric Evaluation of a New Scale

• IRAS ID

  243606

• Contact name

  Janet Feigenbaum

• Contact email

  j.feigenbaum@ucl.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  NELFT

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 1 months, 1 days

• Research summary

  The objectives of this study are to increase the scientific precision of a newly developed questionnaire (Preparedness for Employment Scale for Personality Disorder: PES-PD) which will assess the factors that act as enablers and barriers to employment-seeking behaviours in people with personality disorders (PD) or characteristics similar to people with a PD. The study will use internet and postal paper questionnaire packs for data collection and quantitative evaluation of the validity and reliability of the PES-PD.

  The study plans to recruit 1000 participants: 500 participants with characteristics consistent with people with a diagnosis of PD (250 participants with PD characteristics who self-identify with having a mental health condition and 250 participants with PD characteristics who do not self-identify with having a mental health condition); and 500 participants without characteristics consistent with people with a diagnosis of PD (250 people with other mental health conditions and 250 people without any mental health conditions).

  Members of the general population over the age of 18 who can read and speak in English will be included in this study. People who have taken part in the pilot study, previous EMPOWER focus groups that helped informed the development of the PES-PD, and those who have previously completed a version of the PES-PD will not be able to take part in this study.

  Participants will be recruited through mental health services across North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) and other National Health Service (NHS) Trusts who express an interest in participating (via the NIHR portfolio), the internet, and public places.

  Study timeline:
  Recruitment: 18 months
  Psychometric evaluation (validity and reliability analysis): 7 months
  Overall study length: 25 months

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds East Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  18/YH/0183

• Date of REC Opinion

  30 Apr 2018

• REC opinion

  Favourable Opinion